Frequently asked questions and useful guides from CoolSpools

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

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

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

How do I set up automatic processing of spooled files?

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

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

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

I’m upgrading to IBM i V6R1M0-V7R4M0, do I need a special version?

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

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

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

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

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

IBM just released a new version of IBM i 7.4 — with some significant new capabilities.

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

What versions of your software are currently supported?

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

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

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.

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

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……

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

Can CoolSpools password-protect an Excel file?

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

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?

Does CoolSpools handle color?

Does CoolSpools handle forms overlays?

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

Microsoft plans to discontinue the support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.0 & 1.1 in Office 365 and Office 365 GCC as of June 2020.

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

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

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

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

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…

Why create XML files on your system i?

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

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

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.

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

Can CoolSpools password-protect a PDF?

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

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

Why doesn’t my overlay line up properly?

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

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…

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

If you are migrating to V6R1 or IBM i V7 of the operating systems prior to the deadline later this year, we have included the information you will need regarding versions, conversion and licence keys

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

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

Can CoolSpools produce PDF-A?

This page attempts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about upgrading to Version 6 or 7 of CoolSpools.

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?

On January 9, IBM confirmed that Spectre and Meltdown does affect IBM POWER Systems servers.

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?

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

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

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.

What are CoolSpools Database variables?