Conversion to Vantage from ManMan

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> Is there anyone here who switched to Vantage from ManMan and converted the
> database? I've been asked off-list by someone interested in this process.
> Been ages since I used ManMan and back then the stone tablets would not have
> converted at all so I can't help directly.

We're currently converting from MANMAN and in fact I used to work for ASK
Computer Systems waaaay back when. (Fortran anyone???) When you say, "MANMAN",
there were several flavors: HP - the original version; VAX - rewrite of the
original; MANMAN/X - A source split from Baan's ERP product; and Advance,
which was too advanced - it was a windows version before windows 3.0 was
popular (X Windows + Ingres).

Since we are converting 8,000 parts, we opted not to use the conversion
programs. I exported the files and then used a scripting program to
automatically enter them manually (???) - well, you get the idea.

I have been looking into using web services to add more information but I'm
still on the upside of this procedure.

Mark W.
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Is there anyone here who switched to Vantage from ManMan and converted the database? I've been asked off-list by someone interested in this process. Been ages since I used ManMan and back then the stone tablets would not have converted at all so I can't help directly.
Thanks,
Todd Caughey
Harvey Vogel Mfg. Co.


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We had a company that had man-man (unix). We had an administrator
extract data from
Man-man into text files that we then imported into vantage (V5.2) via a
puchased import
utility.


Subject: [Vantage] Conversion to Vantage from ManMan

Is there anyone here who switched to Vantage from ManMan and converted
the database? I've been asked off-list by someone interested in this
process. Been ages since I used ManMan and back then the stone tablets
would not have converted at all so I can't help directly.
Thanks,
Todd Caughey
Harvey Vogel Mfg. Co.