Re: Change Non Observable to Observable?

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Mary Jo,

Short answer is no.  Removing observability is done by discarding information 
from the program template.  You 
can't get back what you destroyed.

It may be possible to use the decompiler tools from Source Retrieval 
(www.SourceRetrieval.com).  Their 
advertisment says they can handle non-observable code.  I have no affiliation 
with the company (simply 
admiration if they really can get resurrect an non-observable program).

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 98 05:06:35 -0700
> From: "Mary Jo Whitcomb" <mjwhit@cyberportal.net>
> To: "MIDRANGE-L" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Change Non Observable to Observable?

> 
> We just ordered our new 620.  We currently have a F45 running an older
> version of First Coast's Hospital Information System.  I have found three
> non-observable programs.  They show a window in GL applications where the
> user can select the company, or select the period and account to run a
> program against.  They are used, one of them frequently.
> 
> To recompile them, you have to run a BLDWNDPGM command, for which we do not
> have the source.  Running this command still results in a non observable
> program.  We servered relations with First Coast several years ago, and I
> understand it was not ended in a friendly manner.
> 
> Short of rebuilding a front end for the GL programs, is there a way to make
> these programs observable?  Maybe there is no way to do this, but I have
> come to expect miracles from this list.
> 
> Thanks for any advice.

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