Upgrade Guide - Prolifics

The dd5upg Utility-vPrints the name of each screen as it is generated.-pUses the specified prefix for generated JAM/Panther screens. The default isR5dd.-eUses the specified extension for generated JAM/Panther screens. The defaultis SMFEXTENSION.DescriptionBy default, the utility looks for the file data.dic in the current directory. That file isread and a file named data6.dic, a JAM 6 library, is output. This library is intendedto be used as a JAM 6 repository.Each field in the original data dictionary has a scope associated with it. Each scopeproduces one or more screens in the new library that contain the entries of that scope.By default, the screens are named:R5ddAn output screen is populated with as many fields of a given scope as possible. If thereare more fields of a scope than will fit on one screen, a new screen is started with thenext sequence number tacked onto the name. Sequence numbers start at 0.For example, if the input data dictionary has five entries of scope 1 and three entries ofscope 2, the output library will contain the following screens:R5dd10.jam (has 5 fields)R5dd20.jam (has 3 fields)If the -l option is used, dd5upg also creates the library ldb.lib to be used as the localdata block. This library contains the same screens as data6.dic, except that they arenamed ldb1.jam, ldb2.jam, etc.4-22 Upgrading to JAM 7 from JAM 5