HP e3000 MPE Migration
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The TRANSPORT™ Toolkit
The TRANSPORT™ solution comprises a number of discrete components that can be mixed-and-matched to meet the migration requirements of your particular application:
| TRANSPORT/COBOL | MPE COBOL to Micro Focus/ACUCOBOL/Fujitsu COBOL/ILE COBOL translator |
| TRANSPORT/FORTRAN | MPE FORTRAN to FORTRAN 77/90 Translator |
| TRANSPORT/PASCAL | MPE PASCAL |
| TRANSPORT/RT | MPE Intrinsics functional equivalence |
| TRANSPORT/KSAM | MPE KSAM functional equivalence |
| TRANSPORT/IMAGE | MPE IMAGE to HP Eloquence or RDBMS conversion (Oracle, DB2, Informix) |
| TRANSPORT/ALLBASE | MPE ALLBASE to RDBMS conversion |
| TRANSPORT/VPLUS | MPE VPLUS to character, Visual Basic or web |
| TRANSPORT/CI | MPE command interpreter |
| TRANSPORT/BATCH | MPE batch job daemon |
| TRANSPORT/SPOOL | MPE print spooler |
TRANSPORT™ Technical Overview
The TRANSPORT™ product has been designed to migrate applications from the HP 3OOO 9xx (Spectrum) series of machines to the HP 9OOO, 8xx, IBM pSeries (AIX) and iSeries (OS/400) computer systems. TRANSPORT™ converts and transfers COBOL source code, Copylibs, IMAGE schemas, IMAGE data, VPLUS Forms Files and most Flat Data Files. Various MPE intrinsics have been emulated, and an MPE Shell is provided to emulate the HP 3OOO environment. TRANSPORT MPE migration processes include:
| COBOL | MicroFocus COBOL COBOL compiler will compile programs without any syntax changes to existing HP COBOL II applications. HP e3000 $Define macros are not directly supported by MicroFocus COBOL. TRANSPORT™ will analyze all COBOL code and Copy Libraries and make appropriate syntactical changes for the target compiler. |
| IMAGE | TRANSPORT™ analyzes and converts IMAGE data base(s) into a Relational Data Base. IMAGE data may also be copied and loaded. All Data Types currently available under COBOL are supported. |
| VPLUS | TRANSPORT™ “decompiles” VPLUS Forms File(s) and uses the screen images and field definitions to create a “driver” file. This “driver” file is then compiled into a “fast forms” file to provide maximum efficiency when running a migrated application. |
| KSAM | TRANSPORT™ analyzes and converts KSAM calls into C-ISAM or D-ISAM on the target platform. Source code remains the same. |
| INTRINSICS | TRANSPORT™ supports most MPE, VPLUS, KSAM and IMAGE intrinsics. Functional equivalences have been created that provide similar capabilities to those available under MPE. |
| JCL & CI | TRANSPORT™ provides an MPE shell-like environment that wraps the COMMAND intrinsic |
| FLAT FILES | Migrated with little or no change. |
| SPOOLER | A print spooler similar to the MPE spooler is provided by TRANSPORT™. Commands such as SHOWOUT, OUTFENCE, ALTSPOOLFILE, AND DELETESPOOLFILE are supported. |
| BATCH JOBS | TRANSPORT™ provides the ability to launch batch jobs in the background using the MPE STREAM command. |