PowerHouse 8.19 C4 upgrade

[Pickering, John (NORBORD)]

>We are upgrading to PH819C4 from PH729C8 and we use quite a large number
>of subfiles that need to be regenerated. Is there a utility available that
>converts subfiles from the PH729C8 format to the PH819C4 format?

I'm very fond of the MPEX command %PURGE @.@.@(code="644")  :-)

I try to avoid permanent subfiles. Makes changes so much easier. If these
are only files of historical data, why change them? Version 8.19 can read
subfiles from older versions.

But if you absolutely have to have them and you need them in the new format,
then I think you're stuck with creating cute little Quiz or Qtp programs in
8.19 to read the old subfile and write the new one. Basically something
like:
:QTP
>request subfile
>access *subfile.oldgroup alias oldfile
>subfile subfile.newgroup keep include oldfile
>go

If you can collect all of the old subfiles into one group then you could
massage the output from listf,6 into a series of steps like the one above
using whatever tool you like best. I'd probably use Quiz to write Qtp
requests like the one above to a temporary file and then feed it to Qtp.

John Pickering
Toronto
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