IBM AS/400 manual File Considerations, File Record Length, Conversion Overview

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File Considerations

Conversion Overview

File Considerations

The Conversion Aid operates on file members. This section presents inform different aspects of files that must be taken into consideration when version Aid.

Source

Member

 

Types

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 30 lists the various source

member types, indicates whether the

type can be converted, and indicates

the

output

source

member

type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table

30.

Source Member Types and their Conversion Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source

Member

Type

 

 

 

Convert?

 

Converted

Member

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

RPGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPG38

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

RPGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

RPGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPT38

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

RPGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'blank '

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

RPGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPG36

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPT36

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SQLRPG

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

SQLRPGLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any

other

type

 

 

No

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the source member'blanktype', thenis

the Conversion Aid will assume it has

member type of RPG. If the source member type

is blank for an auto

member,

then

you should

assign

the correct

source

member

type

(RPT or

to the member before converting

it. If you do, then the Conversion Ai

ically

expand the

auto

report

source

member so

that it

can

be conver

The expansion is necessary since

ILE

RPG

does

not

support

 

auto

report

members.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

more

information

on converting

 

auto

report

source

members,

see

“Conver

Auto

Report

Source

Members” on

page 389.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File Record Length

The recommended record length for the converted source physical file acters. This record length takes into account the RPG IV structure a Figure 193. The recommended record length of 112 characters also corr the maximum amount of information that fits on a line of a compiler list

12

Seq. No.

80

Code

20

Comments

Minimum Record Length

(92 characters)

Recommended Record Length

(112 characters)

Figure 193. RPG IV Record Length Breakdown

380 ILE RPG for AS/400 Programmer's Guide

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