Re: Converting an RPG program to RPGILE to free form

RPG IV is as close to 100% compatible as it is possible to be when used in compatibility mode.

Sadly the old MULT "trick" works as long as you use MULT. It will not work, thank goodness, if you use * in an expression.

On Oct 22, 2019, at 8:05 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A compiler glitch is not out of the realm of possibility. Some tricks didn't carry over during conversions. For example, I'm not so sure multiplying a 6 digit date by 10000.01 to do date conversion carried over so well.

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Hello,

Am 21.10.2019 um 21:28 schrieb Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>:

I don't quite get it. You are expecting an 8/0 field, maybe zoned or maybe
packed but you are passing a zoned 6,0. why wouldn't you have an error?

Maybe a compiler glitch which made it work before converting? Software is never 100% error free.

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