Re: Convert sources for RDi

I agree that you should only touch What you need to touch When you need to touch it. Unless there is an overwhelming reason.

So the biggest thing that I endorse - whether RDi or SEU - is not converting your objects from OPM to ILE all at once,
but what I do encourage as a big up-front change is to make sure you have taken advantage of the longer source-file formats.
Be sure that the going into the future that you have your source files defined as 112 total in CRTSRCPF cmd.

Due to some corporate policies about change management, moving source all at once is discouraged as new source dates are generated. (Member dates change even though dates on individual source lines do not change. So you have the situation of both QRPGSRC (80 usable=92 total) and QRPGLESRC (100 usable=112 total) residing side by side, which fosters confusion for years when searching for members.

But I think the wider format is almost worth the aggravation.

- John Voris

If you're dealing with RPG, I'd start with the CVTRPGSRC command.

I do not convert all of my OPM to ILE. I do convert each individual program that I need to maintain.
I have a user action (which is very like a PDM action) that converts the syntax for me.
Right click a member > User Actions > Work with User Actions...
CVTRPGSRC FROMFILE(&L/&F) FROMMBR(&N) TOFILE(&l/QRPGLESRC) LOGFILE(*NONE)