HP3000 to Open, Industry Standard Systems

Conversion | COBOL | Screens | JCL | Data | Flat Files | Maintainability | Interface | GUI

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The main features of our HP/3000 to Open Systems conversion service are...

CONVERSION NOT EMULATION

We provide a true conversion - not an HP/3000 emulation on Open Systems. The converted system is no longer an HP/3000 system, it has been fully converted to a true Open System running in a true native Open Systems environment.

COBOL

Unicon's HP/3000 to Open Systems conversion service converts systems written in HP COBOL to the customers chosen Open Systems COBOL.

SCREENS

The VPLUS forms are converted to the COBOL screens in the new Screen Section of the Data Division. The Screen Section is the new ANSI standard for defining screens in Open Systems COBOL.

JCL (Job Command Language)

Is converted to Cobol programs, script files (UNIX) or bat files (NT) depending on the clients requirements.

DATA FILES

Flat files are converted to Vision or C-ISAM data files. IMAGE files can be converted to the customers chosen Open Systems RDBMS - ORACLE, MS-SQL/Server, SUPRA, etc.

FLAT FILES TO RDBMS

We are also able to offer the ability to convert non-database files to RDBMS, including converting the program file access logic to embedded SQL. Conversion to an RDBMS can be performed at the same time as the main conversion or it can be performed at a later time.

PROGRAM MAINTAINABILITY

The original program structure and business logic is fully maintained in the converted programs. There is no loss in program maintainability.

USER TERMINAL INTERFACE

The conversion can be performed so that the terminal users should perceive no change in the way the application programs display or accept data from their terminals. HP/3000 is a central processing facility supporting on-line terminals.

GUI

Optionally, when the converted system is to use NT clients the screens can be automatically converted to provide a Windows GUI presentation to the user.

We trust the above provides some insight into our HP/3000 to Open System conversion services. For a more in-depth look into this conversion, please contact us in order that we may run through the process with you and ascertain your needs and targets. We will be pleased to work to provide you with the best possible migration path to installing open systems architecture technology

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