FAQ’s and Guides
Frequently asked questions and useful guides from CoolSpools
Sending emails to Office 365 from applications using IBM i 7.1?
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.
FAQ: CoolSpools and IBM i OS Upgrades
I’m upgrading to IBM i V6R1M0-V7R4M0, do I need a special version?
3 Everyday IBM i Tasks Made Easy
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
IBM i to Excel – a need not a want
CoolSpools quickly distributes information from System i into a variety of different formats including Excel, XML and PDF.
Communication in the modern world – converting iSeries files to xml
Converting important data from your iSeries system to be shared across intranets, the world wide web and elsewhere requires a flexible file format.
Guide: CoolSpools License Transfer
Everything you need to keep CoolSpools running after a hardware or operating system upgrade
Is This The Most Powerful Spool File Converter Yet? Convert Your AS/400 Spooled Files With CoolSpools
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?
How to Reclaim Wasted Hours, with CoolSpools Spool File Converter
How much of your day is spent creating, formatting and distributing reports on the System i, AS/400 or iSeries?
CoolSpools Support
Here are a few of the ways that we keep our customers happy and our software up to such a high standard.
Guide: CoolSpools Version 7 Installation Options
The options listed below all install a full working version of CoolSpools.
FAQ: CoolSpools and email addresses
How do I tell CoolSpools who to email a converted spooled file to?
FAQ: Spool Admin Substitution Variables
What are CoolSpools Spool Admin substitution variables, how and where can I use them and how to they differ from CoolSpools Spool Converter variables?
The Power of iSeries PDFs (And The Easy Way to Create Them)
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.
FAQ: CoolSpools and backup systems
Do I need to buy a license for my backup/D.R. system? Do you have special deals for backup systems?
FAQ: Dropping unwanted pages from spools
There are some pages/lines in the report I don’t want. How can I get rid of them?
IBM i Information Management Made Easy
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…
FAQ: User profiles and email addresses
Where does CoolSpools get the email address for a user profile from?
FAQ: CoolSpools and OS/400 (IBM i)
With which versions of OS/400 is your software compatible?
CHKXML – Check XML files using XSD schema
CoolSpools recently introduced command CHKXML runs natively on the IBM i platform to validate the content of an XML file against an XSD schema
FAQ: Why use PDF format for IBM I (AS/400) reports?
Why should I convert a spool file to PDF to distribute my AS/400 documents?
FAQ: Including images in your PDFs
My document prints on a pre-printed form and I need to see that inside the PDF. Can CoolSpools do that?
Guide: CoolSpools Version 6 Installation Options
The options listed below all install a full working version of CoolSpools V6
Create iSeries XML the Easy Way with CoolSpools
CoolSpools can generate a wide range of file formats by converting your iSeries spool files including PDF, Excel and crucially XML.
FAQ: Restricting PDF actions
Can you prevent people from modifying/printing/copying text from PDF’s?
5 Great Reasons to Choose CoolSpools Software
CoolSpools really IS the most powerful, most fully-featured, easiest to use System i spool file converter
FAQ: CoolSpools and Excel
I’m running CoolSpools V6, CoolSpools PLUS, CoolSpools V5 or Slipstream V4 and am having problems opening Excel files in Excel 2010.
FAQ: CoolSpools Fonts
Why do Coolspools fonts looks different in the PDF to what it does when printed?
Guide: Creating Excel files on your IBM i
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……
FAQ: IBM i email troubleshooting
My emails are being sent/aren’t being delivered: how can I work out why?
IBM i Document Creation: Problems Solved
When communicating information throughout your business, there are several factors to consider.
Upgrade to CoolSpools Version 6 or 7
This page attempts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about upgrading to Version 6 or 7 of CoolSpools.
5 benefits of converting a spooled file to 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
How to Convert Spool to Excel with CoolSpools
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.
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Best-Kept Secret: IBM i
IBM just released a new version of IBM i 7.4 — with some significant new capabilities.
The Many Benefits of PDFs (And The Easy Way To Create 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.
FAQ: Automatic spooled file processing
How do I set up automatic processing of spooled files?
Migrating to OS V6R1 or V7
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
FAQ: Splitting/bursting spooled files
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…
Do you need to convert complex iSeries data into manageable PDF files?
CoolSpools lets you easily pull together reports in PDF, XML and Excel formats from IBM iSeries / AS400 using different selections of the company data.
IBM Power Systems – Spectre and Meltdown
On January 9, IBM confirmed that Spectre and Meltdown does affect IBM POWER Systems servers.
Take the Pain Out Of IBM i Spool to Excel File Creation
Don’t you wish someone would invent an easier way to automatically convert System i spool & database files into Excel documents?
17 Ways Spool File Converter Turbo-Boosts AS400 Systems
Creating PDFs just got a whole lot easier! Why manually create PDFs when CoolSpools can automate the process from your spool files?
FAQ: Giving your files meaningful names
I want to give my files a meaningful name. How can I do that?
FAQ: CoolSpools and H.A. / Replication
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?
IBM i File Conversion: Making it Easy With CoolSpools Software
CoolSpools is designed to make it easier, quicker and more convenient to manage, access, convert and distribute information using System i.
How Spool File Converters Can Help Your Business
Could you be making better use of your data extracts? Maybe you’re wasting time performing tasks that could be automated
A Smarter Way To Create PDFs In An AS400 Environment
With CoolSpools software you can automatically convert your spool file to PDF, or multiple PDF’s, saving time and ensuring accuracy.
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