FAQs

How do I tell CoolSpools who to email a converted spooled file to?

I’m running CoolSpools V6, CoolSpools PLUS, CoolSpools V5 or Slipstream V4 and am having problems opening Excel files in Excel 2010.

The options listed below all install a full working version of CoolSpools.

Could you be making better use of your data extracts? Maybe you’re wasting time performing tasks that could be automated

I’m upgrading to IBM i V6R1M0-V7R5M0, do I need a special version?

Use CoolSpools to relay email messages from your IBM i server via Microsoft 365 (Office 365) authenticating the SMTP connection with MS OAUTH 2.0.

My emails are being sent/aren’t being delivered: how can I work out why?

An IBM i (AS/400) users guide to distributing existing QUERY/400 reports as Excel Spreadsheets from CoolSpools.

Can CoolSpools password-protect a PDF?

How to use CVTDBFTXT FROMFILE(*SQL) with IBM SQL JSON functions to convert from your database to JSON format with CoolSpools.

Can CoolSpools password-protect an Excel file?

Maximise your IBM i Spooled File archiving capabilities by combining CoolSpools with IBM Content Manager OnDemand

CoolSpools really IS the most powerful, most fully-featured, easiest to use System i spool file converter

The options listed below all install a full working version of CoolSpools V6

The CoolSpools application is not impacted by the Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

When communicating information throughout your business, there are several factors to consider.

How do I write an exit program for CoolSpools to call?

There are some pages/lines in the report I don’t want. How can I get rid of them?

CoolSpools is a powerful, fully-featured spool file converter, offering an easy, customizable way to convert spool to PDF and a whole host of other useful file formats.

Use CoolSpools to extract data from IBM i application databases to MS Excel spreadsheets.

My spooled file contains multiple documents (invoices, statements etc.) that need to be sent to different people (customers, departments etc.). How can I split/burst the spooled file so I can do that?

What are CoolSpools Database variables?

Use CoolSpools to extract data from IBM i application databases to MS Excel spreadsheets.

The CoolSpools range of AS/400 solutions includes a powerful spool file converter that can output to a wide range of popular file formats, including Excel.

The CoolSpools application is not impacted by the Spring Framework vulnerability CVE-2022-22965

Can CoolSpools produce PDF-A?

Importing delimited and fixed-position text files to IBM i database with CoolSpools

Why create XML files on your system i?

My document prints on a pre-printed form and I need to see that inside the PDF. Can CoolSpools do that?

Extend your IBM i Spooled File Automation by integrating a custom CL program with CoolSpools Spool Admin

CoolSpools quickly distributes information from System i into a variety of different formats including Excel, XML and PDF.

Here are a few of the ways that we keep our customers happy and our software up to such a high standard.

IBM have announced the withdrawal of IBM Db2 Web Query for i. Is CoolSpools affected, or can it be used as a replacement tool?

CoolSpools can generate a wide range of file formats by converting your iSeries spool files including PDF, Excel and crucially XML.

Our guide to creating Excel format files on your AS/400 System I / iSeries. You need Excel format from your spool files because that’s the format in which your users and customers want their data...

I’m running CoolSpools V6, CoolSpools PLUS, CoolSpools V5 or Slipstream V4 and am having problems opening Excel files in Excel 2010.

CoolSpools lets you easily pull together reports in PDF, XML and Excel formats from IBM iSeries / AS400 using different selections of the company data.

CoolSpools FTP commands make it easy to perform file transfers to and from your IBM i server.

There are a number of reasons why converting a spool file in IBM AS400 / System I to PDF will benefit you and your company

What are CoolSpools Spool Admin substitution variables, how and where can I use them and how to they differ from CoolSpools Spool Converter variables?

Combine IBM i SQL services with CoolSpools database to easily distribute system information, such as active job information, in a variety of formats including Excel and XML.

Control user permissions to CoolSpools application commands and features

Why do Coolspools fonts looks different in the PDF to what it does when printed?

Creating PDFs just got a whole lot easier! Why manually create PDFs when CoolSpools can automate the process from your spool files?

Are you getting the most from your System i environment? Is your data managed, extracted and communicated in the most efficient manner? Or do you feel like your System i databases and spool files could be working harder for you?

CoolSpools is designed to make it easier, quicker and more convenient to manage, access, convert and distribute information using System i.

Compose content-rich email messages on IBM i

Converting important data from your iSeries system to be shared across intranets, the world wide web and elsewhere requires a flexible file format.

We’re using a High Availability system that replicates our objects and data to a backup system. What do I have to do in relation to CoolSpools etc?

With which versions of OS/400 is your software compatible?

Automate your IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) Spooled File Processing with CoolSpools

What is the difference between CoolSpools license and support keys?

With CoolSpools software you can automatically convert your spool file to PDF, or multiple PDF’s, saving time and ensuring accuracy.

Does CoolSpools handle color?

If you work in an IBM System i, AS/400 or iSeries environment, there are many applications on the market than claim to make things easier and faster. But are any of them as powerful as CoolSpools

Does CoolSpools handle forms overlays?

How much of your day is spent creating, formatting and distributing reports on the System i, AS/400 or iSeries?

Can you prevent people from modifying/printing/copying text from PDF’s?

How can I use CoolSpools to import data from an XML file to my IBM i Database?

Where does my output go and how can I access it?

What versions of your software are currently supported?

Do I need to buy a license for my backup/D.R. system? Do you have special deals for backup systems?

Everything you need to keep CoolSpools running after a hardware or operating system upgrade

Use CoolSpools command GETSPLDTA to populate a CL variable with data from within an IBM i spooled file.

Replacing KemeTECH ConversionSuite quickly and easily with the CoolSpools Database module

If you work in an IBM iSeries, System i or AS/400 environment, creating PDFs has got even easier! All thanks to CoolSpools spool file converter.

If you work within an AS/400 environment, wouldn’t it be great if you could take your spooled files and use them to communicate information across multiple channels?

CoolSpools recently introduced command CHKXML runs natively on the IBM i platform to validate the content of an XML file against an XSD schema

Use CoolSpools to deliver email messages from your IBM i server with multiple sender address domains without being tripped up by spam filters.

Distribute IBM i data and reports to SharePoint as Excel or PDF by using CoolSpools and Power Automate.

The CoolSpools application is not impacted by the Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability CVE-2023-46604

How do I set up automatic processing of spooled files?

Where does CoolSpools get the email address for a user profile from?

Why should I convert a spool file to PDF to distribute my AS/400 documents?

Don’t you wish someone would invent an easier way to automatically convert System i spool & database files into Excel documents?

I want to give my files a meaningful name. How can I do that?

What do I need to do to get email working on my system?

Why doesn’t my overlay line up properly?