RE: System 38 PF and LF

Or, if you're in a hurry, use the S/38 library and compile things from
there.  No changes.  Also, no advantages of the AS/400's enhancements.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com






>Eh, well, not exactly.....
>
>The best response here is "it depends"...hear it before?   I've taken MANY
>MANY MANY S38 Pf's and Lf's, not even dropped the S38 part of the moniker
>and just recompiles them...they worked great!  The BIGGEST thing I found
>is that you'll find lots of "."'s in the S/38 stuff....depending on how it
>was originally written...so, just make the conversion to / and switch the
>lib/obj....ditto with dspf's....
>
>Syntax is the same....
>
>Give it a rip on a few files and see what you get via DBU or DFU or
>whatever....I think you'll be surprised just how simple it really is....
>
>Don in DC metro
>
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>On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Buck Calabro wrote:
>
>> On Monday, June 08, 1998 5:37 PM, Mary Koetting
>> [SMTP:Mary_Koetting@mail.mchcp.org] wrote:
>> > We have some files/programs defined as System 38. If we omit the 38
>> > portion
>> > and recompile, what kind of repercussions can we expect? Appreciate any
>> > suggestions.
>>
>> Don't do it.
>>
>> 1.  All the qualifiers (field, file, record format) will need to be
>> changed from file.library to library/file
>> 2.  There are differences in the default values of the native versions of
>> some commands: SBMJOB comes immediately to mind...
>> 3.  RPG/38 is not very different from RPG/400: that should compile "as-is"
>> but watch for embedded CL commands!
>>
>> Carefully read the manuals on converting from /38 to native mode before
>> you change anything; especially CL programs!
>>
>> Buck Calabro
>> Commsoft, Albany, NY
>> mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
>>
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