Re: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Mark S. Waterbury wrote:

> I think someone simply neglected to install the "System/38 Environment"
> support, a free optional component of OS/400. Installing this installs the
> QSYS38 library that has many System/38 compatible commands, like RPLLIBL.
> (It is option 6 in V5R3.  Option 5 is the System/36 environment support.)

I asked around and found that the software install was done by IBM.  Why 
they neglected to install it I don't know.  Not a huge deal.  We ended 
changing about 100 CLP38 programs and recompiling some amount of DDS.  I'm 
totally fine with having moved on.

I wonder why IBM didn't install it?  I would have thought this is part of 
the default install.

> Of course, it probably is about time you converted this old CLP38 stuff over
> to "native" OS/400 CLP, anyway, no?

It certainly was time and I don't think anyone is bothered that we had to 
make the changes.

James Rich

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