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

LOL - should have known, eh? I need and auto-converter for these things!

Linoma is still really a great tool set - Craig didn't have free-form stuff for awhile, since there machine was at an older release (I'd contacted him about it, thinking I might try to take his source and make it work for free - heh - like I have time!!)

Vern

On 10/10/2015 6:43 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

I know Vern - re-read my note with the auto-corrected “not” changed to the intended word “now” and you’ll see a change in meaning!

On Oct 10, 2015, at 3:20 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Jon

Craig has some new tools for HFD specs (JCRHFD), as well as JCRPROTO, which can do some of the P-spec stuff, I believe.

Vern

On 10/10/2015 1:08 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

Just to add to Buck’s comments - Craig’s tools not include the F, D and P spec conversions.

The other tool he did not mention is Arcad’s - can’t recall the name. That one even converts GOTOs.

On Oct 9, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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