Re: RPG - conversion vs re-write

[boothm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

How about "yes" and "yes" for an answer?  If the Sys/36 application was
well written and is simple and straight forward then probably the
conversion will be fairly simple. I'd suppose you would compile it first
as an RPG type instead of an RPG36 type though.

On the other hand to take  _full_  advantage you probably need to start by
making your files externally described.  Any date math will want to be
redone.  Display screens will want to be redone too, so that numbers are
well displayed for your users.  Also if you are sorting your data with
#GSORT you will want to consider using logical files instead.  And your
OCL will not travel over at all.  You'll have to make some basic design
and attitude adjustments there.   Using the workstation ID to give you
unique work files is a loser of an idea on the AS/400, and deleting and
then creating physical files is not as bad now as it once was, but it's
still not a long term solution for you.  Logical files are not quite the
same thing as alternate index files.  


In <3.0.16.19970908122813.1b075414@mailhost.ideasoft.com>, on 01/01/00 
   at 12:00 AM, "Carlos Penengo" <Carlos@ideasoft.com> said:


 Does a simple conversion do the job or does

it have to be re-written to take full advantage of the AS/400 native

environment?

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