Exorsys International Inc.

There is an ingenious open source project called DOSBOX which is designed to run old DOS Games, but also runs AREV quite well, even on a 64-bit machine. It even offers basic networking, although we haven't tried it. You need to set the CPU usage level fairly high to get decent performence, but it really works. For more details, see http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and_Installation_of_DosBox.

Create one xPort template for each normalized grouping of data contained in the table, then run each template as a separate pass against the table to create individual export files.

All exports should contain the zero-numbered field (see the “Nbr” column) since is contains the key. If there are 0*1, 0*2, etc. values in the field number, that indicates a multi-part key, so include them all, on every xport template so since this is the main relational key between the various exports for that table.

Advantages to using the Universal Driver (UD) service from Revelation Software on Windows server instead of the older NLM technology under Novell include;

The challenge was to connect to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) Validation Web Service from a basic scripting language (such as Revelations's OpenInsight). CFIA does not permit access via HTTP GET or POST while SOAP generates byte array data types for the XML content that the scripting language does not support.

A Revelation business application that has been developed and refined over a period of many years can be very accommodating to your organization's needs but it can also become more and more demanding to operate over time. When DOS equipment, performance, networking, support and systems integration issues become significant, here are some of the strategic options you should consider, along with their pros and cons.

The first step is to evaluate the current status of your AREV application. This will provide a solid basis for your decision-making process.