HP 3000 Manuals HP 3000 Manuals
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction by Chet Meyer--Commercial Systems Division Production Release A.02.00 is the latest release of HP 3000 system software based on Release 1.0 of MPE XL. Several new products are introduced on this release that expand the Hewlett Packard offering of software solutions on commercial precision architecture systems. This release also delivers several product enhancements. This version of the Communicator contains an informative article on the naming convention and VUF nomenclature for all Commercial Systems XL releases. HP DESKMANAGER HP DeskManager version B.02.01, is the first released version of this product to be supported on MPE XL. Some minor enhancements have been incorporated in this version. AdvanceMail is also supported along with HP DeskManager B.02.01. SOFTWARE PRODUCTS HP Graphics Curator/3000 is now being offered on MPE XL. This product is an application that lets you convert between Graphics Gallery picture files (generated on your PC) and HP 3000 figure files (used by TDP/3000). Additionally, HP ListKeeper has been made completely compatible with HP VPLUS/3000, allowing it to now run on MPE XL. Finally, the command and menu processor, PROCMON/V is now available in Compatibility Mode on MPE XL. HP Business Report Writer/XL (HP BRW/XL) is now available on MPE XL in Native Mode. HP BRW/XL provides the ability to upgrade from HP BRW/V, as well as the ability to transfer reports between HP BRW/V and BRW/XL in both Native and Compatibility Mode. HP BRW/XL also provides a tutorial with version A.00.00. This section also includes a very informative article on the Link Editor/XL. DATA MANAGEMENT This Production Release of MPE XL introduces Information Access/XL. This product will allow PC users to retrieve and manipulate data from IMAGE databases on the HP 3000 and various PC databases, all through the same user interface. Information Access gains performance by running in Native Mode.