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Re: Tool to convert s/36 RPG I-specs to DDS???

At 12:23 05/01/2002, Dane Bale wrote:
> > >Doesn't/didn't IBM have a S/34 -> S/38 migration aid that did this?
> > Maybe, but all the s/34's & 38's have been converted into boat anchors by
> > now, dontcha think?
> >
>Guess what I found?  A set of 8 inch diskettes - IBM S34 to S38 migration
>aid.  Anyone have an 8 inch diskette drive?

If I mismember correctly, that isn't going to help you anyway. Everything
stayed program described. It produced flat files with only the key areas
defined so that it could build access paths. Back in the dark ages I did
write a converter that worked for copybooks. It wasn't all that difficult,
even in RPG, as long as there were no field redefinitions.


Pete Hall
pbhall@ameritech.net
http://www.ameritech.net/users/pbhall/index.html

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