Re: Correction - Convert Forms 3 to 4.5...

From: R. Jeffre Starr <strrware_at_rochester.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 20:58:36 -0400
Message-ID: <0M5Y2.8552$8m5.16628_at_newsr1.twcny.rr.com>

Melanie,

Since you are converting from forms 3.0 to forms 4.5 you may also want to consider the y2k issue. The following are the step I would take to convert.

Step 01: Edit the *.inp file and change the date format.

• Replace all occurrences of “YY” and “yy” with “RR”.
• This assumes you are going to use the DD-MON-RR Oracle fix. Step 02: Force “RR” Format Masks On Dates
  1. In the *.inp file, search the code for “DATATYPE = DATE”
  2. For each DATE datatype found, add a “INPUT_MASK = DD-MON-RR” and “OUTPUT_MASK = DD-MON-RR” underneath the DATATYPE line.
  3. Example:

                     NAME = SOME_DATE
                     DATATYPE = DATE
                     INPUT_MASK = DD-MON-RR
                     OUTPUT_MASK = DD-MON-RR
                     LENGTH = 9

Step 03:    Convert the form
                1. Once the original inp file has been made Y2K compliant,

the developer can use the forms conversion utility to convert the Forms Version 3.0 to Forms Version 4.5.

                2. The utility is very easy to use and reasonably accurate

(26 our of 28 forms converted successfully during prototyping on the ENS portion of this project) for character mode conversions.

                3. At the unix prompt, type “f45gen myform / upgrade=yes
version=30”.
                 - This will create a *.fmb (source) and a *.fmx

(executable)

Hope this helps.

JStarr

melanie wrote in message <7gkq0d$c7k$1_at_onlink3.onlink.net>...
>Does anyone know how to convert Forms 3 to 4.5? Is there any documentation
>out there that could help?
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>Please help!
>Melanie
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Received on Thu May 06 1999 - 02:58:36 CEST