Re: RPG II to RPG/400 conversion

["Rbbaird" <rbbaird@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Are there any tools available that can help with the conversion
> of RPG II to RPG/400?  As I remember, it's not really a big
> deal to convert it manually.  Anything in particular to watch out
> for?
> 

there are (were?) plenty of tools available, but I can't recommend any-
the ones I saw, worked for the most part, but some really made ugly
code.  There are only a few things that need to be changed, and there is
an IBM manual that lists them.  

I saw one 36 to 400 converter that took these lines of code:

C  31 32N33         ADD  FIELD1    FIELD2
C  31 32N33         SUB  FIELD2    FIELD3
C  31 32N33         EXCPT

and converted them to this:

C          *IN31    IFEQ *ON
C          *IN32    IFEQ *ON
C          *IN33    IFEQ *OFF
C                   ADD  FIELD1    FIELD2
C                   END
C                   END 
C                   END
C          *IN31    IFEQ *ON
C          *IN32    IFEQ *ON
C          *IN33    IFEQ *OFF
C                   SUB  FIELD2    FIELD3
C                   END
C                   END 
C                   END
C          *IN31    IFEQ *ON
C          *IN32    IFEQ *ON
C          *IN33    IFEQ *OFF
C                   EXCPT
C                   END
C                   END 
C                   END

talk about UUUUHHHHHGLEEEEEEE!
this, in my humble opinion is MUCH worse than left hand indicators!!!!

regards, rick
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