ProStart
Save time and lower the cost of moving System/36 applications into the native AS/400 environment.
If you’re looking to speed-up the process of getting your System/36 software into native AS/400, or you want to reduce keying errors while creating structured CL programs-or both-ProStart is the conversion utility you need.
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Consultants, users and software vendors will all enjoy the benefits of ProStart. Your applications will be running in native AS/400 sooner, with fewer problems, and a significant cost savings. Software vendors will enjoy the competitive advantages of getting their converted product to market sooner. Consultants will enjoy the advantage of bidding more competitively on conversion projects. ProStart generates structured CL code.
Consistent. Easy to read. Easy to follow.
The accuracy of your code will be superior to manual conversion. Thus you do not have to be an experienced CL programmer to convert your applications into the native environments. With ProStart you need only a basic understanding of CL to significantly increase your conversion productivity.
ProStart addresses three key areas of your conversion:
OCL to CL
You can select procedures from a source file and create CL programs for each procedure. ProStart determines the appropriate CL command(s), then places them correctly within the new CL program. If a comparable AS/400 command cannot be found, the S/36 procedure statement appears as a comment in the CL program.
For added convenience, ProStart also creates a “condensed print” listing which presents the S/36 procedure and the CL program side-by-side. A new summary report presents line counts of converted/non-converted statements by the CL program.
Database Files
ProStart assists in creating AS/400 database files. Some of our commands will help you create DDS source. We also provide several reports that analyze an application and generate file layouts. You can even have these layouts loaded to new S/36 file definition source members. Once you have clean file definition source members, you can use ProStart to create field reference file and physical file DDS source members. You can also create skeleton RPG programs to “map” data from the S/36 files into AS/400 database files.
RPG Audit and /400 Source Code
To make your automation easier, ProStart provides an RPG Audit Report that parses through each program and identifies those lines of code that a programmer must address. A report is generated which specifies the error involved. ProStart also generates RPG/400 source and submits the program for initial compilation.
ProStart, from ASNA, will be an invaluable tool in your overall conversion plan. It will save you hundreds of programmer-hours while lowering the cost of moving your applications into the AS/400 native environment.
