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Fourth Quarter, 1998Volume 14, Number 4I-QU 2000’s Newest Feature, Date Aging, Addsa New Level of Confidence to Those Y2K BluesThe 2R1 release of the popular database tool gives a fool-proof wayof being sure your Year 2000 conversions are really going to work.“Can we get a productlicense key that expires afterthe year 2000?” This is aquestion we have beenasked frequently as theyear 2000 approaches andcustomers rush to ensurethat their systems will be upand running after the strokeof midnight, December 31,1999.I-QU 2000’s newestfeature, Date Aging, is oursolution to this commondilemma. This is the perfectway to test, and to becertain, that all of yourYear 2000 conversions willactually work! You maythink, or even be fairlyconfident, that your dateconversions have beensuccessfully made, but youwill never be sure untilSaturday, January 1, 2000arrives.The I-QU 2000 DateAging Program is verysimple to use, but willtruly be a lifesaver. Tobegin the date agingprocess, you will need torun a program withinI-QU 2000 called DateSearch. Here you willsearch your schema filefor key words (datenames) that will help theprogram determine whatfields are candidates fordate aging.For example, you maychoose keywords suchas “YEAR”, “MONTH” or“DATE”. Or perhaps “DD”,The Date Aging featuregives you four choiceswhen aging your data.Continued on page 4Ready, Set, Reno!KMSystems is coming to the FallUNITE Conference with our largestcontingency ever.If you ever have had questions or comments thatyou wanted to share with someone from KMSystems,this is most certainly the time to do it. We will haveplenty of people to assist you in any way possible—from sales executives to programmers to technicalsupport to management— no avenue will be leftuncovered.This is just another way for KMSystems to continuethe total support methodology that customers havecome to know and appreciate. We look forward tomeeting you in Booth #39.-1-I N T HIS I SSUE32-BIT SOFTWARE IS HERE . . . . 1EXTENDED UTS GRAPHICSUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1MASQ MAKES CLIENT/SERVEREASIER THAN YOU THINK. . . . . . 3CONVERT TO 32-BIT VERSIONS. . 5Q & A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6KEEPING CURRENT . . . . . . . . . .7MAINTENANCE- WHY DO IT ? . . . 7

Fourth Quarter, 1998Volume 14, Number 4From My Desk to Yours.It seems that every timewe put together a Q-Tips,we are either going toor coming back from aconference. This issue is noexception. Of course, this isa good thing.UNITE Conferences are awonderful way of bringingthe whole Unisys community together. Customers getan opportunity to put faceswith the sales executivesthey have been talking to.Companies have anopportunity to show,firsthand, the products thatthey have worked hard on.The competition betweencompanies drives them tobecome better and better,which is good for everyone.Finally, let’s not forget theone-armed bandits in Reno.KMSystems is very excitedabout this fall's UNITEconference. We have severalnew product releases tointroduce to you, some ofwhich you can preview inthis issue.Over the span of theconference, speakers fromKMSystems will be givingthree presentations. I hopeeveryone will have a chanceto attend one or more ofthese. They should prove tobe very informative.Of course, in Reno thereis also the gambling oh,the gambling.Beginning in 1999, wewould like to add two newfeatures to Q-Tips. However,we will need your help tomake them work. Since it isour prime goal to keep ourcustomers always satisfiedand in-the-know, we wouldlike to hear from you. Tellus what you want to see inupcoming issues of Q-Tips.After all, this newsletter isfor you.For the other feature, wewant the world to knowabout your successes witha KMSystems product.Perhaps your story can bean inspiration to someoneelse. Look for more detailsabout these new featureselsewhere in this issue.And just to add a bit ofpersonal news — I wasmarried to my soul matethis October and I’m on topof the world. Feel free tosend presents. Enjoy Renoand good luck with yourgambling!Editor in Chief:Bob Moffa, Jr.Q-Tips is distributed quarterly by KMSystems, Inc., as a means ofstaying in touch with its customers and maintaining a high levelof customer deQ-Tips is copyrighted 1998 by KMSystems, Inc. All rights reserved.Address all correspondence to:Q-Tips, 200 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1750,Atlanta, GA 30339-5946, U.S.A.E-mail: mktg@kmsys.comAll trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.Business:Phone: (770) 857-8730Fax: (770) 857-8731Product Information:Phone: (770) 857-8730Fax: (770) 857-8731E-mail: sales@kmsys.com-2-Technical Support:Phone: (770) 857-8787Fax: (770) 857-8731E-mail: support@kmsys.comWorld Wide Web:http://www.kmsys.com

KMSystems, Inc.Q-TipsBring Your Mainframe Home with QPlexNew and improved QPlex allows UTS and T27 emulation across the internet.QPlex brings Unisysusers a new and excitingconcept for emulationapplication connectivitythat is sure to have a majorimpact on the way peopleconnect to a host. QPlex isa web-direct UTS and T27emulation product thatallows users to access amainframe that has a phoneline from anywhere in theworld .Leveraging either yourInternet connection oryour Intranet, QPlex allowscomplete UTS and T27emulation within a webbrowser such as Netscapeor Internet Explorer. Byharnessing the webbrowser's technology, QPlexhas achieved a true zerocost-of-ownership at theclient level.QPlex provides completeemulation with a clientthat uses the same objectoriented technology as our32-bit PC-based UTS andT27 emulators, UTS ExpressPages (ASP) to provideaccess to legacy hostapplications over the WorldWide Web.Applications developedusing ASP and QPlexViewcan be accessed usingnearly any Web browser.Since ASP and QPlexViewrun entirely on the webPlus32 and T27 ExpressPlus32.Among the manyadvantages QPlex gains byutilizing this technologyare: 1) Using the sameobject makes for a moremature product; 2) All UTSand T27 operations arefunctional; and 3) Unlikeother Web emulators, QPlexwill do more than just TIPscreen scraping— Demand,TELCON, and CMS consoleadministration are fullyfunctional.QPlex is based on thelatest ActiveX technologyfrom Microsoft. ActiveXprovides a common objectinterface with built-inversion control and distribution system.Using QPlexView, acompanion program forQPlex, you can easily createweb pages containing liveconnections to host applications. QPlexView is anActiveX component designedfor use in Active Serverserver, only HTML is sentto the client (browser).QPlexView connects to thehost using the same QPlexServer used by the QPlexClient ActiveX component,thus connections arecentrally administered inthe same manner.Using QPlexView, you can easily create web pages containing liveconnections to host applications.I-QU PLUS-1 is recognized in approximately 400 sites worldwide as theleading database reorganization productivity tool for Unisys 2200 DMSdatabase applications. I-QU PLUS-1will save enterprise hours, if notdays, of database down time whenreorganizing DMS 2200 databases.I-QU PLUS-1-3-

Fourth Quarter, 1998Volume 14, Number 432-Bit - from page 1“MM”, “YY”. You can alsolist words that you do notwant the program to lookfor. If “DD” was listed asone of your keywords, theword “ADD” would showup as a found item, unlessyou place word “ADD” inthe exclusion list.Next, you will identifywhich dates you wish toage and their format.This information is passedto the Date Aging programvia a PC file.So now what? The nextstep is to run the Date AgingProgram in I-QU PLUS-1.This is where the magichappens. Your hypotheticaldate is chosen and youroutput is now aged. Thereare four choices when agingyour data: Go Back in Time—Choose this option tocalculate a date basedon an offset entered inthe Enter Date Offset(in Days) text box. Theoffset will be used todecrement any datemarked for aging. Go Forward in Time—Choose this option tocalculate a date basedon an offset entered inthe Enter Date Offset(in Days) text box. Theoffset will be used toincrement any datemarked for aging. Specify Year— Choose-4-this option to set theyear portion of a date toa fixed year entered inthe Enter Year Value(yyyy) text box. Find Offset from Date—Choose this option tocalculate an offset basedon the differencebetween the valueentered in the Base Date(yyyy/mm/dd) text boxand that entered in theEnter Aged Date(yyyy/mm/dd) textbox. The calculatedoffset will be used toincrement/decrementany date marked foraging.An example of how itworks would be if youwanted to see how yourdata will react in the year2029, you can just chooseSpecify Year and type in2029. The Date AgingProgram then generates anI-QU PLUS-1 program to berun on the host.When the final I-QUPLUS-1 program is run,the clock can be advancedon the host and yourapplications tested for Year2000 compliance. You willthen be able to know,without a doubt, that yourdata will, or has been,successfully converted tomeet the Y2K requirements.And wouldn't you liketo start a fresh, newmillennium without thatproblem hanging over yourhead?

KMSystems, Inc.Q-TipsSpeakers to Spread Their Wisdom in RenoThree KMSystems employees will be giving presentations at the upcomingReno conference. We welcome you to attend and enjoy.Monday, November 9,11:00am - 12:00pmTuesday, November 10,1:30pm - 2:30pmWednesday, November 11,8:00am - 9:00am(ET4015) GainingProfitability With HostConnectivity(MTP4014) IntegratingWeb Technology WithThe Latest Rising Star The Mainframe!(AIP4026) StreamlineKeyboard Entry andMuch, Much More WithExpress ScriptsRuth LoganChris MoffaRemember when theytold us the mainframewas dying? Sure, everyonescrambled and investedin the PC world. Someapplications migrated wellto the new platform, butmany others did not. Well,the mainframe didn't die!And, many folks have beenrediscovering the value ofthe old behemoth.Integrating new Webtechnology with the mainframe has become a majorproject for many organizations. The direction is to usethe mainframe as a datamart and as a guardian ofcritical business applications.The goal is to provideaccess to anyone fromanywhere — enter the webbrowser. This presentationwill discuss the optionsavailable and benefits togain from Web toMainframe integration.Reduce those repetitivekeystrokes. Forget trying toremember what sequenceof commands is required toperform a seldom-usedfeature.Add a programmablefunction to be activated byone keystroke or a click ofthe mouse. You can makethis wish list become areality for you and yourend-user community byimplementing macros andscripts.The Enable ScriptingLanguage is a verypowerful, Visual Basic-likeprogramming language.Using Enable, you can writesimple or complex macrosand action scripts. Wewill walk through threeexamples explaining thebasics essential to codingcommands and conditionallogic. You will take home aworking knowledge andawareness of the usefulnessand benefits of global macros,action scripts, OLE Automation, and customizabletoolbars.Jeff MansourCombined with today'sClearPath and open systementerprise environment,emerging technology offersnew solutions for hostconnectivity. There is webpublishing, satellite communication links and more.Whether you currentlyhave PC to host connectivityor you support "dumb"terminal connectivity, youneed to be aware of the newtrends and technology.An informed perspectivegives you the advantage ofdiscovering and implementing solutions that are morethan merely serviceable —you gain solutions that helpmake your organizationprofitable!Considerations includesystem performance, dataaccess and platform portability. Other circumstantialfactors include administrativeprocedures, ease of use,feature/option flexibilityand 16-bit vs. 32-bitsoftware. This discussionwill present today's connectivity solutions and offercriteria definitions.Audience: General,Vendor PresentationAudience: Managementand Technical, VendorPresentationAudience: General,Vendor Presentation-5-