IBM AS/400 manual The Log File, Conversion Aid Tool Requirements, Overview

Conversion

Overview

If the converted source file

has

a

record

length

less

than

92

cha

error message will be issued and the conversion

will

stop.

This

is

b

record length is not long enough

to

contain

the

80

characters

allowed

code

and

so

some

code

is

likely

to

be

lost.

File

and

Member

Names

The

unconverted

member and

the

member

for

the

converted

output

can

the

same

name

if

they

are

in

different

files

or

libraries.

The name of the converted source member(s) depends

on

whether

you

verting one or several members.

If

you

are

converting

one

member,

th

give

the

converted

source

member

the

same

name

as

the

unconverted

m

You can, of course, specify a different name

for

the

output

membe

verting

all

source

members in

a

file,

or

a

group

of them

using

a

ge

the members will automatically be given the same

name

as

the

unconver

members.

Note that specifying the file, library and member name for the conv optional. If you do not specify any of these names, the converted placed in the file QRPGLESRC and have a member name the same as the verted member name. (The library list will be searched for the fil

The Log File

The Conversion Aid uses a log

file to provide

audit trails on the st

source member conversion. By

browsing

the

log

file,

you

can

determine

of previous conversions. You can access the

log file with a user-wri

further

processing, for example, compiling and

binding

programs.

If

you

specify that a log file is to be

updated,

then

its

reco

format of the IBM-suppled "model" database file QARNCVTLG

in

library

Q

Figure 200 on page 397 shows the DDS for this

file.

Use

the

following

CRTDUPOBJ

command to

create

a copy

of

this

model

in your

own

librar

to here as MYLIB. You may want to name your

log

file

QRNCVTLG,

as

t

default log file name for the Conversion Aid.

CRTDUPOBJ OBJ(QARNCVTLG) FROMLIB(QRPGLE) OBJTYPE(*FILE)

TOLIB(MYLIB) NEWOBJ(QRNCVTLG)

You

must

have object management, operational and

add

authority

to

the

that

is

accessed

by the Conversion

Aid.

For information on using the log file see “Using the Log File” on pag

Conversion Aid Tool Requirements

To	use	the Conversion		Aid,	you need the following authority:
¹	*USE	authority	for	the	CVTRPGSRC	command
¹	*USE	authority	to	the	library	that contains the source file and

¹*CHANGE authority to the new library that will contain the source f verted source members

¹object management, operational, and add authority to the log file Conversion Aid

Appendix B. Using the RPG III to RPG IV381 Conversion Aid