Upgrade Guide - Prolifics

Converting an ApplicationConverting an ApplicationConverting a JAM 5 application to JAM 7 is an iterative process that should be mappedout carefully.The Conversion ToolkitA suite of utilities are provided to aid in converting the various pieces of yourapplication. These are summarized in Table 4-3.Table 4-3 The upgrade utilitiesUtilitydd5upgf5upgm2ascdd2recPurposeConverts JAM 5 data dictionaries to JAM 7 repositories and,optionally, Local Data Blocks.Converts JAM 5 screens to JAM 7 format.Converts JAM 5 menu bars to JAM 7 format.Converts records in a JAM 5 data dictionary to a format foruse with sm5strct.c functions (see Table 4-4).Sample source code is also provided that maps some JAM 5 features and function callsto JAM 7 equivalents at runtime. These are summarized in Table 4-4. Detaileddocumentation for this code is provided in the source files themselves.Table 4-4 Source code for backward compatibilityFunctionsm5init.csm5ldb.cPurposeSets JAM 7 library options for JAM 5 compatibility.Support for JAM 5 LDB scope and initializationfunctions.4-8 Upgrading to JAM 7 from JAM 5