Upgrade Guide - Prolifics

Utilities.............................................................................................. 1-692. Using the JAM Upgrade UtilityRunning JAM to Panther ................................................................................... 2-13. Upgrading to Oracle Tuxedo from JetNet4. Upgrading to JAM 7 from JAM 5Upgrading From JAM 5 .................................................................................... 4-1Upgrade Paths.................................................................................................... 4-2Migration .................................................................................................... 4-2Utility Conversion ...................................................................................... 4-2Full Upgrade............................................................................................... 4-3Which Path is Best for My Application?.................................................... 4-3Upgrading the Operating Environment ............................................................. 4-3Update Your Configuration Files ............................................................... 4-3Update Your GUI Resource and Initialization Files .................................. 4-4Color Aliases ....................................................................................... 4-5Update Your Data Dictionary into a Repository and LDB ........................ 4-5LDB Initialization ............................................................................... 4-5Update Your Main Routines....................................................................... 4-5Update Your Function List......................................................................... 4-6Automatic Dereferencing .................................................................... 4-6Eliminate the Use of Release 4 Library Functions..................................... 4-6Converting an Application................................................................................. 4-8The Conversion Toolkit.............................................................................. 4-8When a Feature is Missing... ...................................................................... 4-9Screens and Related Topics........................................................................ 4-9Biting the Bullet ....................................................................................... 4-10Running Your Application for the First Time.......................................... 4-11The Bottom Line....................................................................................... 4-12The f5upg Utility ............................................................................................. 4-12Invoking f5upg ......................................................................................... 4-13Arguments and Options..................................................................... 4-13General Behavior...................................................................................... 4-14Verbosity Level ........................................................................................ 4-16viiiUpgrade Guide