Re: Target/400 Question

I have used Target/400 many times for making S/36 to RPGIII, and OCL to CL.
Believe it or not, the RPG II to RPG III part was tougher because of SET
and KEY and other bitchy S/3 OPCODEs.

Multi-record format files are a problem, and a false positive for a
multirecord files is a killer.  (e.g.:  I have a 50 byte field used for
comments, that I never fully use.  When laying out the print, the field
ends in position 133.  If I read the file properly as positions 1 to 50,
and then MOVEL it to a 49 byte file, no sweat.  But if I set the I specs as
1 to 49, I'm screwed.)

John Caine (the Target/400 genius) recommends only externalizing major
master files.

Good product, good value.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

914-251-1234
914-251-9406 fax

http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com





                                                                                
                                                          
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Can make recommendations regarding the usefulness of Target/400 ( http://
www.epi-software.com ) for converting from S36 to DB/400 (programs and
files)?

Jim Oberholtzer
Senior Technical Architect
Computech Resources, Inc.

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