RE: JDE A4.3

Do you already know which will be your client´s new software?

>Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 22:14:23 +1300
>To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>From: Greg van Paassen <gregvp@xtra.co.nz>
>Subject: RE: JDE A4.3
>Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>
>>I use JD Edwards, and from what I know 4.3 is not 2000 
compliant....you must
>>be at least 7.3
>>Rob Moore                     Phone: (519) 661-5893
>
>You're right, Rob -- it isn't.   However, as far as I can tell there's 
no
>problem with the programs which we can't recompile (the menu program, a 
few
>PL/1 programs in Worldwriter, and a few RPG and CL programs).  I have
>tested them with a change of system date -- only briefly, of course, 
since
>there are quite a few locations connected to this AS/400.  We can't 
have
>all their passwords expiring all the time! The menu program and the 
licence
>validation program worked fine.
>
>**If you know something about JDE MI, PL/1 and no-source-code programs 
that
>I don't, please let me know ASAP!**
>
>Reviewing and fixing the RPG and CL has been my job for the last year.
>We're using SIMDATE to simulate system dates. Although 98% of programs
>(even the ones that need fixing) are system-date independent (it only
>affects the "Date Updated" xxUPMJ and the batch date -- no date 
comparisons
>done on those.
>
>Simdate seems pretty good, although the way it propagates to batch jobs
>means we can't test Worldwriter queries -- due to sloppy programming in 
a
>JDE "assembler" program that expects the *EXT message queue to be four
>levels above it in the job.
>
>Overall, I'm taking a "minimum change" approach to the job -- using
>windowing, programming conversions to Julian where date comparisons are
>done, therefore no database changes.  
>
>The client expects to convert away from JDE in the "near" future -- 
they're
>replacing their main line-of-business system using Obsydian (now 
Cool:plex
>-awful name), and are keeping an eye on the San Francisco frameworks.
>
>Cheers -- Greg
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