RE: [WDSCI-L] How to update COBOL outline

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon

I know that there is the CVTRPGSRC command (and Linoma's follow-on) that 
can convert any RPG III to ILE. There is almost nothing, other than 
learning curve, that keeps you from converting as you make alterations, and 
run in ILE with basically existing code. Is there an equivalent for COBOL? 
Can the source type be changed, and you're done, as you can do with RPG36 - 
or is it RPG38? Just change the source type to CBLLE, recompile, and you're 
done? My ignorance is probably obvious.

Vern

At 02:55 PM 2/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:


> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:24:16 -0600, Kelly Cookson wrote
> > Our shop has literally thousands of programs ..... The managerial position
> is basically not to disrupt what is working well for us.
>
> My first thought is why presume it would be disruptive ???
>
> Change = disruption is often followed followed by "status quo = stagnation =
> Microsoft "solution" waiting to happen
>
> If this does not apply to your company I apologize - but I'm a little
> jaundiced right now.  I'm currently working with the fourth company in a row
> that thought RPG/400 was "good enough" for too many years.  As a result they
> are now finding that hordes of Java and .Net programmers are wiping out their
> RPG programming jobs and recoding all the business logic because they had not
> isolated their business processes and could not respond fast enough to
> changing business needs....
>
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
> www.Partner400.com
> Regards
> > We do use ILE COBOLon rare occasions--for example using an API to generate
> > random numbers for a drug testing system. It's even possible we may
> > gradually migrate to ILE COBOL, but I'm not holding my breath... :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kelly
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wdsci-l-bounces+kcookson=dotfoods.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces+kcookson=dotfoods.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> > Of Jon Paris Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:11 PM To: Websphere
> > Development Studio Client for iSeries Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] How to
> > update COBOL outline
> >
> > Then I guess you must be using OPM COBOL.
> >
> > Sorry I just kinda assume that everyone is using the latest
> > compiler.  Bad assumption I know but ILE COBOL has been out about 7
> > years now and I haven't
> >
> > used OPM COBOL since!
> >
> > There's a lot of good stuff in ILE COBOL.  For me it is like RPG/400
> > vs RPG IV - it is no contest.  ILE COBOL is a superset of COBOL/400
> > so I use it for
> >
> > all the COBOL stuff I do.
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:50:21 -0500, MichaelQuigley wrote
> > > That's my problem.  There is no 'Refresh button' in the outline
> > > view for   COBOL.   Michael Quigley   Systems-Analyst   The Way
> > International
> >
> > Jon Paris
> > Partner400