Re: Convert to free ( was: Outline not working on large RPGLE) -- WDSCI-L

I would seriously suggest that you persuade your boss to buy the Linoma tool - it is very inexpensive and can be tailored to the level of “aggression” you want in converting MOVEs etc. The time it will save you will repay the cost with days or weeks at worse. It can use the compiler to determine the data types and sizes involved in the MOVEs etc. and make sure they are converted safely and correctly.

We’ve been using it for many years now and particularly like the RDi plug-in so that we can convert sections of code when needed.

On Oct 9, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Craig Jacobsen <craigjacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Buck,

Thank you so much for your help.

I know this has most likely been answered before on this list.
I just started on the list today, but have been on the other lists for a
long time.
I did try the archives but maybe my search values weren't good.

It would have to be pretty smart to get the old moves correct.
I'm thinking that's why I was hired, due to all the moves from alpha to
numeric and vice versa in their monolithic programs.

Did the old version do it or is my coworker mistaken?
I would think if it was there, IBM wouldn't remove it.

Thanks again,

Craig

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On 10/9/2015 2:12 PM, Craig Jacobsen wrote:

Btw, is there a way to convert H,F,D, specs to free format by
highlighting and right clicking?

Not from IBM. I posted a very ugly first cut at a plug-in that would do
that, but if you're new to RDi, I wouldn't consider trying to use that.

A coworker says it worked in previous releases but no long works in 9.5.
(He just downloaded 9.5 today)
It works with C specs but puts in /FREE and /END-FREE.

Yes, that is what comes with RDi. There's no support (yet) for H, F, and
D-specifications.

It also won't do *Entry Plist.

Yep. There are a bunch of operations the RDi function won't handle, like
MOVE and GOTO. I myself am OK with that; I don't want a tool to convert a
MOVE to an EVAL without a deep understanding of what the code is /intended/
to do. Sometimes I want to truncate, sometimes it's an error!

Having said that, there is at least one vendor of a tool which converts more
than RDi does - Linoma. Not a customer, so not familiar. Others on the
list have used it though. Also, Craig Rutledge has a tool in his JCRCMDS
for this: http://jcrcmds.com/index.html

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