Many mainframe shops have had Easytrieve around for years. Many from way back in its Pansophic heyday. As you know, Easytrieve is now owned by CA. The costs are high. And so is the level of frustration at many shops. Many shops are looking for a non-CA alternative to Easytrieve.

If you are tired of overpaying CA for Easytrieve,
we have great news for you!

Z-Writer can provides the same capabilities
as Easytrieve at a much lower cost!

Z-Writer is a powerful quick-code utility for z/OS mainframes. Its syntax is very similar to Easytrieve's. That means you'll be able to run your existing Easytrieve programs with only minor changes. Following is an actual Easytrieve program that has been converted to Z-Writer. As you can see, very few changes were required. (Mostly for the field definitions, which is just a once-per-file task.)

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* EASYTRIEVE SAMPLE PROGRAM                   *
*                                             *
* THIS PROGRAM DOES THE FOLLOWING:            *
*                                             *
* A) READS A FILE WITH DATES IN YYYYMMDD FMT  *
* B) CONVERT THE DATE TO YYYYMON FORMAT       *
* C) WRITE OUT THE NEW FILE                   *
***********************************************
FILE INFILE
IN-DATE          01 08 A
IN-DATE-YEAR     01 04 A
IN-DATE-MONTH    05 02 A
IN-DATE-DAY      07 02 A

FILE OUTFILE
OUT-DATE         01 09 A
OUT-DATE-YEAR    01 04 A
OUT-DATE-MONTH   05 03 A
OUT-DATE-DAY     08 02 A

*---------------------------------------------
JOB INPUT INFILE

*---------------------------------------------
CASE IN-DATE-MONTH
WHEN '01'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'JAN'
WHEN '02'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'FEB'
WHEN '03'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'MAR'
WHEN '04'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'APR'
WHEN '05'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'MAY'
WHEN '06'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'JUN'
WHEN '07'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'JUL'
WHEN '08'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'AUG'
WHEN '09'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'SEP'
WHEN '10'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'OCT'
WHEN '11'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'NOV'
WHEN '12'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'DEC'
END-CASE

OUT-DATE-YEAR = IN-DATE-YEAR
OUT-DATE-DAY  = IN-DATE-DAY

PUT OUTFILE

***********************************************
* Z-WRITER SAMPLE PROGRAM                     *
*                                             *
* THIS PROGRAM DOES THE FOLLOWING:            *
*                                             *
* A) READS A FILE WITH DATES IN YYYYMMDD FMT  *
* B) CONVERT THE DATE TO YYYYMON FORMAT       *
* C) WRITE OUT THE NEW FILE                   *
***********************************************
FILE INFILE
IN-DATE          8
IN-DATE-YEAR     4  COL(1)
IN-DATE-MONTH    2
IN-DATE-DAY      2

FILE OUTFILE OUTPUT
OUT-DATE         9
OUT-DATE-YEAR    4  COL(1)
OUT-DATE-MONTH   3
OUT-DATE-DAY     2

*---------------------------------------------
READ INFILE
DOWHILE #STATUS=’Y’
*---------------------------------------------
CASE IN-DATE-MONTH
WHEN '01'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'JAN'
WHEN '02'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'FEB'
WHEN '03'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'MAR'
WHEN '04'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'APR'
WHEN '05'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'MAY'
WHEN '06'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'JUN'
WHEN '07'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'JUL'
WHEN '08'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'AUG'
WHEN '09'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'SEP'
WHEN '10'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'OCT'
WHEN '11'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'NOV'
WHEN '12'
  OUT-DATE-MONTH = 'DEC'
END-CASE

OUT-DATE-YEAR = IN-DATE-YEAR
OUT-DATE-DAY  = IN-DATE-DAY

WRITE OUTFILE
READ INFILE
ENDDO

Z-Writer's annual costs are lower than Easytrieve's. Licenses start at just $17,400. (Price list.) Compare that to what you are currently paying!

Yet Z-Writer provides the same sort of quick report writing and file update capabilities. In addition, Z-Writer has powerful numeric and string functions not found in Easytrieve. And, unlike Easytrieve, Z-Writer accepts your existing COBOL or Assembler record layouts, so you can start using it on new files right away.

Z-Writer is written entirely in fast, efficient Assembler language to be easy on your CPU. Best of all, it comes from Pacific Systems Group, with its 25-year history of providing inexpensive, rock solid mainframe software, backed up with first class service and support.

See for yourself why Pacific Systems Group product are already in use at over 300 mainframe shops worldwide. Download your own free 30-day trial of Z-Writer right now.

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