FAQs

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

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

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

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

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?

Can CoolSpools password-protect an Excel file?

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

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

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

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

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

Why doesn’t my overlay line up properly?

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

How do I set up automatic processing of spooled files?

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.

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

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

Compose content-rich email messages on IBM i

Does CoolSpools handle forms overlays?

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

Can CoolSpools produce PDF-A?

Does CoolSpools handle color?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

What are CoolSpools Database variables?

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.

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

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

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

Control user permissions to CoolSpools application commands and features

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.

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

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

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

Can CoolSpools password-protect a PDF?

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

What versions of your software are currently supported?

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

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

Why create XML files on your system i?

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

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

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.

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

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