Anyone have Moved from VMS to WINDOWS?

[Ken Langendock]

Mike

Wadda ya mean there are features that are not on UNIX
or NT????

BOB, how can you let this happen?

More than 31 files???? Now I'm jealous.
I think we need to address this issue....lol

Good to here from you Mike.
Keep me posted when the Next AS400 to UNIX/NT comes
along....I can use the extra money.  :)

PS...My rate would definately be higher for that
conversion....woohoo




 --- Michael Lee <Michael.Lee@mclsystemsinc.com>
wrote: 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> I wasn't a big fan of AS/400 myself. In fact I told
> our mutual friend 
> Mark Stenzler that I would never work on an
> AS/400... then someone 
> offered me some money and I became a tad more
> flexible.  After working 
> on it for 3 to 4 years I came to appreciate it's
> strengths and benefits. 
> It's a very complete , secure system-albeit very
> different from any 
> other operating system.
> 
> I would agree that migration to AS/400 would
> probably be harder than any 
> other machine due to it's panel mode processing and
> the fact that it's 
> EBCDIC based rather than ASCII based. In fact there
> are some AS/400 
> specific Powerhouse options just not available to
> other machine lines:
> i) It allows more than 31 files per screen.
> ii) The While Retrieving option allows a date range
> (W/R via date-key 
> from 20050101  to sysdate)
> iii) The ASCII function is known as CCONVERT.
> iv) and of course all the other panel mode features
> 
> However the AS/400 product is a mature product
> according to Cognos and 
> no new releases will be done for it. In fact I'm
> pretty sure that the 
> current release is still the 6.00 series and I'm not
> even sure if Cognos 
> is still putting out bug fixes for that product line
> anymore.
> 
> I do admit that, like you, I'd put the VAX system at
> the top of my own 
> preferential list though.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Michael Lee
> MCL Systems Inc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ken Langendock wrote:
> 
> >LOL, from what I heard there is no such thing as an
> 
> >AS400 migration....Just dump everything and start
> >writing it all again from scratch.
> >
> >Sorry...Not a big AS400 fan.
> >
> >
> > --- Joe Boyle <atla38@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: 
> >  
> >
> >>Will there be a version for the AS400 and any idea
> >>of time table ?
> >>
> >>Regards, Joe.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
> >>[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com] On Behalf
> >>Of Deskin, Bob
> >>Sent: 09 March 2005 15:38
> >>To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> >>Subject: RE: Anyone have Moved from VMS to
> WINDOWS?
> >>
> >>This is probably a good time to mention our soon
> to
> >>be released
> >>PowerHouse MPE/iX Migration Guide. It should be
> >>available by the end of
> >>March from the PowerHouse documentation web page
> >>
> >>    
> >>
>
>(powerhouse.cognos.com/products/powerhouse/download.html)
> >  
> >
> >>and from
> >>support.cognos.com. It covers migration from
> MPE/iX
> >>to UNIX or Windows.
> >>Unfortunately, it doesn't have Stephen's approach
> to
> >>handling temporary
> >>subfiles but it does have lots of other good
> stuff.
> >>
> >>The reason for covering MPE/iX is because of the
> >>pending end of support
> >>from HP on the HPe3000-MPE/iX platform. Although
> not
> >>specific to OpenVMS
> >>(to UNIX or Windows), it will highlight many of
> the
> >>things that have to
> >>be considered for that migration as well. If
> there's
> >>enough demand, then
> >>we'll do a version for OpenVMS.
> >>
> >>Bob
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
> >>[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com] On Behalf
> >>Of Othman
> >>Sent: March 9, 2005 10:13 AM
> >>To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> >>Cc: Ken@langendock.com; ken.langendock@rogers.com
> >>Subject: Re: Anyone have Moved from VMS to
> WINDOWS?
> >>
> >>
> >>how about the database migration.
> >>
> >>our system running with the following environment 
> >>-System:	HP 3000/968 Rx
> >>-OS : MPE / ix HP 31900
> >>	
> >>-Reporting	Quiz - Cognos PowerHouse 8.19.C4
> version.
> >>	
> >>-Screen Designing	QDESIGN - Cognos PowerHouse
> >>8.19.C4 version.
> >>	
> >>-Transaction Processing	QTP - Cognos PowerHouse
> >>8.19.C4 version.
> >>	
> >>-Data Base Dictionary	PDL - Cognos PowerHouse
> >>8.19.C4 version.
> >>
> >>what is the recommended path to migrate to NT ,MS
> >>SQL
> >>
> >>On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:44:56 -0500 (EST), Ken
> >>Langendock
> >><ken.langendock@rogers.com> wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I'm not sure what you mean by tool.
> >>>
> >>>I used a free ware search and replace tool that I
> >>>downloaded from the net to fix the source.
> >>>
> >>>The last conversion was from DG ISAM to ISAM for
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>NT.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>So all I did there was export the file
> definitions
> >>>from QSHOW on the UNIX box and cleaned them up
> for
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>NT.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Most of the time I convert everything by search
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>and
> >>    
> >>
> >>>replace then do the rest by hand.
> >>>
> >>>By using my application as a building block. I
> >>>converted a 100 program application within 2
> weeks
> >>>(working at night). And that app was written back
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>in
> >>    
> >>
> >>>the early 80's, it was all crap code.
> >>>
> >>>Ken
> >>>
> >>>--- Othman <othman2@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>what tool did you use for migration
> >>>>
> >>>>
> 
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