*IF* (and this is a relatively BIG "if") your OS/VS COBOL 2.4 compiler actually had the last available maintenance applied, you can compile with the
OS/VS COBOL - "MIGR" compiler option and it will give you a fairly good idea of how much code will need conversion. *** The "Enterprise COBOL" Migration Guide has a section "Assigning complexity ratings" at: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3MG20/2.1.2.3 *** The IBM product "CCCA" (COBOL and CICS Conversion Aid) will actually automate MUCH of the effort in conversion. (As will several 3rd party products). See: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3mg20/APPENDIX 1.3.2.3 and http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGYCCM02/CCONTENT S *** Do you know if you are running the current OS/VS COBOL object code with the LE or the older OS/VS COBOL (or even VS COBOL II) run-time and link-edit libraries? If you are, then getting to the current (LE) run-time should be your first migration step (and it is often NOT "transparent" - but sometimes is). *** Finally, you will want to look at (and STUDY) both the Enterprise COBOL and LE "Migration Guides". "Miller, Pat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Here it is the 21st century, and yet some still believe that the universe is > only some 6,000 years old. Still others continue to use OS/VS COBOL. We've > gotten past the "flat earth" stage and even managed to convince most locals > of the validity of the Copernican heliocentric theory, but unfortunately we > still have some OS/VS COBOL programs left. The good news is: We think we > can get someone to do something about it if we can quantify the problem a > little more accurately. > > Is there a utility that examines OS/VS COBOL source files and provides a > summary of just how much code needs to be altered for Enterprise COBOL? > Something a little more concise and less cumbersome than output from the new > compiler, I mean. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
