Re: res file Forms30 -> Forms6i character based

We have been converting here for a while. I agree with the other person who responded. You must go from 3.0 to 4.5; you cannot go from 3.0 directly to 6.0/6i.

koert54 wrote:

> And I thought I had seen the last of this crap...
> I have a resource file (*.res) for a RF terminal for a Forms 3.0 character
> based application.
> I've done migrations of res files from 3.0 to Forms 4.5 before.
> This meant hacking away with resprint/resparse/otgen and oraterm.
> What I do is :
> - resprint the res file to become a prn file
> - hack through 3000 lines of escape codes
> - resparse the prn file into a res file
> - generate using otgen or oraterm
 

> Has anyone done this procedure to go from a Forms30 res file to a Forms6i
> res
> file with character based runforms ???
> Does anyone know where to get some decent documentation about this instead
> of hacking away and trial and error ???
 

> Kind Regards,
> Kurt

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