RE: RPGII to RPG IV

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

 Since you'll name the LF the same as the former PF, it should look the 
same to the old programs.  The only major issue I can think of offhand, is 
if any programs are using RRN processing.

 You can also look into a "record format selector" program.

 -mark

At 12/13/04 04:12 PM, you wrote:
> Yes, but I suppose my concern is how the other programs (still in RPGII)
> will react to those files once they are converted. This program is not an
> island and the files are used in other areas and other applications.
> Thanks
> -Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of M. Lazarus
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: RPGII to RPG IV
>
> Bob,
>
>   Multi-format LF's work quite well for this purpose.  For input only, you
> can create the fields with SST().  But the beast for the long term is
> probably to separate out each format into its own PF and use the MFLF as
> the glue to bring them all together.  The MFLF would have the same name as
> the original PF.
>
>   -mark
>
> At 12/13/04 03:46 PM, you wrote:
> >Has anyone moved an old RPGII program to RPGIII and then RPGIV in recent
> >months?
> >I'm specifically wondering about approaches to move the program-described
> >database files to externally describd.
> >Most of that is obvious, but what about multi-format files? Do people
> simply
> >do a rewrite of the app in that situation or is there some simpler method
> to
> >handle them?
> >
> >-Bob
> >
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