Cobos 5.2 Release Notes

Release 5.2.0 [2021-12-17]

RPG Converter

• Conversion from RPG IV to Free-Form (i.e. RPGLE and/or SQLRPGLE source files)
• Conversion Options :
  • 2 types of conversion :
    • Free and/or Mixed (if there is non convertible code)
    • Fully-Free (if every line is convertible)
  • Indentation increment
• Details on conversion :
  • Every specification (H, F, D, C, P) is converted
  • I and O specifications are not supported in Free and therefore are not converted
  • Key Lists are converted
  • Parm Lists are converted
  • Empty comment lines stay
  • Declarations of Data Structures (DS) are indented
  • Case type conversion is as following for operation codes :
    • First character in upper case
    • Rest of the code in lower case
  • Compilation directives /FREE and /END-FREE are removed
  • Declarations of variables in C specification are transfered into D specification
  • Non printable characters are removed
  • Instruction *ENTRY PLIST is replaced by its equivalent in Free-Form (prototyped interface)

Example

Before conversion:

After conversion:

Traffic Player

• Traffic Player is a Telnet flow recorder
  • Allowing the development and testing of applications requiring a screen-type resource without requiring the Mainframe
  • Allowing to replay the recorded trace
  • Compatible with all Telnet streams (TN3270, TN5250, …)

This release also solves the following bugs:

• 00785 – Cobos4i Designer: Popup settings (#0101982)
• 00786 – Cobos4i Designer: IBM i Program Name length (#0101983)