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    System Error diagnosis

    When you get a System Error message such as SYSTEM ERROR: Bus error. (48) The above is mentioned in an old post elsewhere on this forum. To find out very general reasons why this message occurs, invoke the Progress editor window and use the Help function there for that Error Message Number...
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    Symix 4.1 Manuals/Documentation

    Does anyone have Symix 4.1 manuals or documentation we might purchase? This could be documentation you developed commercially yourself, but it is the standard Symix manuals we are missing. In particular those having to do with Inventory and MRP/BOM processing are of interest :o We don't...
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    Progress Download ODBC steps

    An ODBC or SQL driver is of course necessary for each client-networking installation. That is why I went to all the above effort to get Progress's own version of the ODBC/SQL client driver, which is covered by the Progress DBMS license we have for the database server. New versions of the...
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    Progress Download ODBC steps

    I just had to figure this out, since we were having problems involving Corvu and ODBC. We didn't want to use DataDirect.com for ODBC drivers anymore because that has a fee now. Question: does anyone know why DataDirect does not mention Progress as a database they support? They seem to still be...
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    new to symix configuration

    If you still have this need for Symix 4 support, try www.ramsys.com. They are in the business of supporting Symix 4 customers with customization and I believe training. They are located in Texas. Your other avenue is the Symix User Group which is still on line at...
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    Feeling Tired & Washed Up @ 40

    Change is opportunity in a different guise Take heart, Gary. I will be sixty this year. I've been doing Progress for ten years since v6 and most of what I do is still CHUI stuff. We have been blessed with lots of business opportunity and a track record of business innovation in our market...
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    BOM definition/Import/Export with XML?

    Hi, Folks! We have a big need to define lots of BOMs not too complex fortunately, plus export them for corporate software development and later import them for handling web customer orders. We are using customized Symix 4.1 CHUI on Progress 9 / Solaris 9. Up to now we have been scheduling by...
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