SCANALYZER Software, Foxpro, and the Year 2000 Art Hendela, President Hendela System Consultants, Inc. Home of the SCANALYZER Year 2000 Solution Lyndhurst, NJ SCANY2K
Who is Hendela System Consultants? u Consulting and software company based in Lyndhurst, NJ. u Established in 1988 as a custom program shop. u Clients include many Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. u Developed SCANALYZER software to aid Year 2000 analysis for major international bank.
Where are you Dec 31, 1999 at 11:59 PM? u Times Square watching the ball drop? u The Millennium Gala with champagne? u The Concorde going around the world? u Home with your friends and family? u At your PC hoping your computer applications work in one minute?
What is the Millennium Bug? u A $600 billion problem (Gartner Group) u A resource headache (4 million years of work for 2 million programmers) u A hit on your company’s bottom line u A deadline you can’t slip u A stress test every day at work u A time for real good tools to help you
How did this happen? u Conserved computer resources with 2 digit dates during 1960’s, 70’s. u Copied established techniques from old code. u Believed systems would be replaced by now. u Eased data input. People like to input less digits for dates.
What should you check? u In-house Foxpro systems u Third party Foxpro systems u Facilities management systems u PC and Mainframe hardware, operating systems, and software u Staffing levels
How do you fix the problem? u Identify resources to help in all phases. u Assess the size of the problem. u Select tools to help fix the problem. u Prepare a triage plan. u Remediate the source code. u Test the fixes in separate environment. u Implement the fixes.
SCANALYZER CAN HELP u Developed from real Year 2000 project analysis u A Proven track record with applications in Fortune 500 companies and government agencies u It’s available now to save you time and money u It’s not just for Foxpro
What can SCANALYZER analyze? u SCANALYZER analyzes any text-based language for Year 2000 compliance. u FOXPRO u Dbase u Clipper u NOMAD u COBOL u RPG u PASCAL u C/C++
What are SCANALYZER’s features? u Scans any number of applications in any number of languages. u Searches for any number of text-strings and includes to start. u Remediate code with the Power Editor that positions you to the line to fix. u Stores results in DBF format by application.
What are SCANALYZER’s benefits? u SCANALYZER saves thousands of dollars over single language analyzers. u Eliminates manually finding date problems in source code. u Leaves more of your budget for correction instead of detection. u Gets you started now with fast delivery, minimal learning curve, and support.
What’s new in Version 2.50 u Automatic exclusion of text strings in a column range. u Exclude only Scanning capability. u Export of Project Summary and Results reports to ASCII and Excel formats. u Support for Clipper and Dbase indexes. u Deletion of Duplicate and Insignificant hits.
Next Steps u Stop by our Booth to see how SCANALYZER Software can help you solve your millennium bug. u Download our demo version from u Contact us through our website or call us toll-free at SCANY2K ( outside of US, Canada, PR, USVI)
Where do you get more Y2K information? u Websites: u u u u Magazines: u Year/2000 Journal u NJ Y2K User Group - Mike Cervine,