Professional File ver. 2.01 question

[twnorman]

I have a friend who has version 2.01 of Professional File that he bought many years ago from the Software Publishing Company.  He really likes it and relies on it heavily.  He recently bought a new Gateway Laptop and I as a friend and PC tech helped to get him set up.  The problem is that he cannot get it to print to his HP Laserjet 3015.  What would you recommend for him?  I was doing some research for him on this software and I came across a website for PFS3.  His laptop is running Windows XP Professional.  He is an insurance man and has used this program for many years now.  I have thought that maybe he should move into some more up to date software but not sure what he should use.  Whatever he does he is going to have a learning curve but I would like to find something that would not have a difficult transition.  I was unable to help him print to that printer, can't seem to find one it likes and the options are limited.

[amigagr]

i have the feeling that you are asking in the wrong place.
PFS3 is the ProfesionalFileSystem for amiga computers a ''system'' that has to do with the way that amiga format the hard disk. your friends Professional File is something else from pc world, msdos or windows...

[twnorman]

Well, I did some research and I think it originally was an Amiga product but it must have worked in DOS.  His program does work but the problem is just the printing.  I have the book on it, (the "users manual") it was produced by SPC (Software Publishing Company).  Is that not the same PFS?
I don't mind switching him to another product but I don't know what that would be.  

[Boot_WB]

book on it, (the "users manual") it was produced by SPC (Software Publishing Company).  Is that not the same PFS?
I don't mind switching him to another product but I don't know what that would be.  

Are you sure it wasn't produced by SPC - Software Publishing Corporation?

http://www.business.com/directory/computers_and_software/software_applications/software_publishing_corporation/profile/

I have found links referring to PFS: Professional File 2 - which is a file management application written by SPC (as above).

Nothing to do with PFS - Professional File System written by Michiel Pelt.

The link I provided gives some contact details for SPC - perhaps it is worth contacting them to see if they still support the product (although it was published in 1988)?

EDIT: PFS in the case of SPC software (including Professional File ver 2.0) appears to stand for "Personal Filing System", and was a range of productivity software which included titles such as PFS:Write, PFS:Access, and PFS:File, etc.

As opposed to the Amiga PFS which, as stated above, stands for "Professional File System", and is a hard-disk format, analogous to NTFS or FAT (although, of course, far superior ;-P ).

Good luck in getting your friends machine up and running.

Regards



Rich

[vk3heg]

Getting DOS based programs to print under Win XP are rather hard and can be very  :madashell:

You would be better to get him on a new product.