RE: EXTNAME questions...

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interim hack until you get the files renamed:
Create an "RPG legal" logical file and base it on the S/36 dotted file.

Buck Calabro

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bipes 
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 3:21 PM
> To:   'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: EXTNAME questions...
> 
> Scott,
> 
> I to am sharing the S36 files with ILE RPG.  I was going to ignore the
> flame, but since you responded.  Here is our approach to re-writing the
> old
> S36 applications to new fancy native ILE applications with minimal impact.
> 
> 1. Create external definitions for the S36 files - using exact record
> layout.
> 2. Convert the RPG II source to RPG III, minimal changes needed.
> 3. Convert the OCL to CLLE re-doing the logic.  (The hardest part, IMHO)
> 4. Convert the RPG III to RPG IV and take advantage of the native file
> descriptions,  Opps, have to rename the file now kus the compiler won't
> allow the dot in the file name.
> 
> Now you have a completely native application that you can add all the
> bells
> and whistles to.  Oh by the way the changes we done with very little
> impact
> on the system and very little IS resources used to implement.
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