Re: MACPAC

[Anton Gombkötö <Gombkoetoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds like a story that you will tell your grandchildren with the words "I
was young and needed the money"....

When this is paid per hour, this might be a source of neverending money; if
not, you might regret it..

0.02 Euro

Anton Gombkötö

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Von: <Kmh0421@aol.com>
An: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Gesendet: Freitag, 14. April 2000 00:39
Betreff: Re: MACPAC


> Hello to all. I have a 'unique' opportunity. I have a prospective client
that
> wants me to rewrite WSU MACPAC programs into RPGII/III - then they want to
> use the Accelerator conversion programs to convert these programs from
that
> into 400 code. They have an 'Advanced System 400' as they put it, where it
is
> One AS/400, with Two boxes inside where they must DDM files between them.
I
> am still unclear about the whole story, but they do not want me to just
write
> AS/400 native code, they say it must go through this conversion process or
it
> won't work (I am still foggy on it).... I was wondering if anyone could
> explain to me the part that I must be missing as to why I can't just write
in
> current code? Why they say I must rewrite the MACPAC WSU stuff first into
> RPGII..... they said the files that are internally defined must stay that
> way, and the files that are external must stay that way. I want to take
the
> project, I think, and they gave me 3 of the WSU program listings to look
at,
> and explained some of the 'J' specs... but I am not getting the whole
> picture. If anyone can find an intelligent question in here to answer,
please
> help. They said to give them two quotes, one keeping the record 'rollback'
> function, and one without it. I tried explaining about subfiles, and
prompt
> screens, and Options like '2' change detail, '4' delete, F6=Add, etc., but
> they have not seen a subfile before. I met them offsite, so did not see
their
> system. I am confused. Well, thanks for reading this far, if you can shed
any
> light on any of this, I would appreciate it. First, I guess I have to find
a
> 'WSU' book.... then............?ouch....
> TIA;
> Kathie
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