Converting v7x .sfd's to v8?

[Richard Witkopp]

Thanks! Next time I need to do this I will try it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bateman [mailto:peterbateman808 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:52 PM
To: Richard Witkopp; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
Subject: RE: Converting v7x .sfd's to v8?


Hi Richard:
 
   I think the following will work:-
 
   QTP SUBFORMAT=7
   ACCESS *SUBFILE_7
   SUBFILE SUBFILE_8 FORMAT 8 KEEP INC SUBFILE_7
   GO
 
You will probably want to create a DCL script to perform the above
for each of your subfiles.
 
Regards,
Peter Bateman


> From: RWitkopp at phxa.com
> To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> Subject: Converting v7x .sfd's to v8?
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:03:38 -0700
> 
> Are there any quick and dirty methods of converting a subfile dictionary
> created under v7x to be usable under v8?
> 
> I know the long way of using v7 to create a portable subfile and then
> re-creating it under v8. That can be a bit of a pain because you have to
put
> in a define for numeric fields if you want them to come out the same size.
> 
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