1. Deutschland GmbH Migrating to Genero

2. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 2 Our contact Adaptris Deutschland GmbH Hollerallee 26 28209 Bremen  +49 (0)421 / 1686-775  info@adaptris.de  www.adaptris.dewww.adaptris.de  www.adaptris.com www.adaptris.com

3. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 3 Agenda   Why migrate to Genero?   Why change to a GUI?   Project description - (objectives, before & after)‏   Screen conversions   Program conversions   Our experience with Genero

4. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 4 Why migrate to Genero? Why Migrate to Genero?

5. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 5 How did we arrive at Genero?   Our customers develop in Informix 4GL   Existing internal Informix and I-4GL skill set  Existing experience converting text to GUI   Genero’s concept convinced us Why migrate to Genero?

6. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 6 Example converting text to GUI on an AS/400 Why migrate to Genero?

7. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 7 Critical Sucess Factors:   Minimal modifications to source code   Quick results   Perspectives for future development   Portability (must support Linux)‏ Why migrate to Genero?

8. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 8 Why Convert to a GUI? Why convert to a GUI?

9. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 9 Why should you convert to a GUI?   State-of-the-art design - user acceptance, competitive positioning   User ergonomics - users now familiar with intuitive GUI paradigm   Powerful new features - list boxes, images, other widgets... Why convert to a GUI?

10. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 10 GUI requirements:   Mass data entry easier from a keyboard   data entry programs optimised for no mouse   Adhere to GUI standards - respect the GUI paradigm Why convert to a GUI?

11. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 11 Project description Conversion Parameters

12. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 12 Project description Projects:   Two conversions for two customers   Original applications developed by Adaptris   Customers developed bespoke improvements

13. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 13 Project description Both applications:   Highly specialized w/ complex business logic   Informix 4GL  Genero   SCO Unix  Linux   Development guidelines existed - but not always 100 % adhered to

14. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 14 Project A:   Perform 1:1 conversion   Very short term - three weeks to convert   Conversion 100% executed by Adaptris   Future development performed by customer Project description Key metrics:   354 programs   3.023 modules   625 screens   1.174.100 lines of source code

15. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 15 Project description Key metrics:   242 programs   1.522 modules   596 screens   574.684 lines of source code Project B:  Conversion with significant enhancements  Medium term – two man months to convert   Conversion executed in tight collaboration at customer site   Future development performed by customer

16. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 16 Screen conversions Screen Conversions

17. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 17 Project A – screens were…   … divided into sub programs – header and data areas   … peppered with special characters – alphanumeric ‘frame’ characters   … optimized for 25x80 text screens – not changed for the 1:1 conversion Screen conversions

18. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 18 Screen head Data area Pop up windows (like selections)‏ Menu Schema of the old text screens: Header was output by a sub program Sometimes overlaid “windows” were used Screen conversions

19. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 19 Typical screen layout: Frame Characters! Header Menu Data area Screen conversions

20. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 20 SCREEN { ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────alkon02┐ │ ANREDE-KZ :[a] [a1 ] ZUORDNUNG :[a7 ]│ │ BERUF/BRANCHE :[a2 ] SPRACHEN-SS :[a8 ] │ │ TITEL :[a3 ] GEBURTSTAG :[a9 ]│ │ VORNAME :[a4 ] │ │ NACHNAME/FIRMA:[a5 ] ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ │ NAME 3 :[a6 ] │ SUCHBEGRIFF :[s1 ] │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ├─┤ │ POSTFACH :[b1 ] │ ANSCHRIFT-NR :[s2 ] │ │ │ STRASSE :[b2 ] └─────────────────────────┘ │ │ LAND-SS LAND :[b3 ] [b4 ] │ │ PLZ ORT BL :[b5 |b6 |b7 ] [c ]│ │ ORT ALT+INFO :[b8 |b9 ]│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ KOMMUNIKATION : ART LANDVORWAHL ORTVORWAHL ANSCHLUSS KURZWAHL ANZ │ │ [k1 ][k2 ][k3 ][k4 ][k5 ] [d] │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ } Typical screens with frame characters Screen conversions

21. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 21 Console text output – data data area only Screen conversions

22. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 22 SCREEN { +----------------------------------------------------------------------alkon02+ | ANREDE-KZ :[a] [a1 ] ZUORDNUNG :[a7 ]| | BERUF/BRANCHE :[a2 ] SPRACHEN-SS :[a8 ] | | TITEL :[a3 ] GEBURTSTAG :[a9 ]| | VORNAME :[a4 ] | | NACHNAME/FIRMA:[a5 ] +-------------------------+ | | NAME 3 :[a6 ] | SUCHBEGRIFF :[s1 ] | | +-------------------------------------------------+ +-+ | POSTFACH :[b1 ] | ANSCHRIFT-NR :[s2 ] | | | STRASSE :[b2 ] +-------------------------+ | | LAND-SS LAND :[b3 ] [b4 ] | | PLZ ORT BL :[b5 |b6 |b7 ] [c ]| | ORT ALT+INFO :[b8 |b9 ]| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | KOMMUNIKATION : ART LANDVORWAHL ORTVORWAHL ANSCHLUSS KURZWAHL ANZ | | [k1 ][k2 ][k3 ][k4 ][k5 ] [d] | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ } Definition converted ASCII / ANSI Character conversion needed first, if moving to a UTF-8 file system Screen conversions

23. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 23 GUI output Screen conversions

24. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 24 GUI screens   Have no title (“screen”)‏   Special characters are displayed   Frame characters are displayed untouched   If converting to a UTF-8 file system these characters need replacing first Screen conversions

25. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 25   Adaptris developed a tool to analyse and convert these old screens The conversion program   Deleted frame characters   Redefined screen layouts with their names   Added ‘groups’ and ‘grids’ to replace frame characters   Created real, resizable GUI tables Screen conversions

26. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 26 -- TOOLBAR LAYOUT (text="kowin_02")‏ VBOX GROUP (text="")‏ GRID { ANREDE-KZ [a] [a1 ] ZUORDNUNG [a7 ] BERUF/BRANCHE [a2 ] SPRACHEN-SS [a8 ] TITEL [a3 ] GEBURTSTAG [a9 ] VORNAME [a4 ] NACHNAME/FIRMA [a5 ] NAME 3 [a6 ] SUCHBEGRIFF [s1 ] } END -- GRID END -- GROUP GROUP (text="")‏ GRID { POSTFACH [b1 ] ANSCHRIFT-NR [s2 ] STRASSE [b2 ]... Result after conversion (1/2): Strip frame characters and add Genero screen layout syntax Screen conversions

27. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 27... LAND-SS LAND [b3 ] [b4 ] PLZ ORT BL [b5 |b6 |b7 ] [c ] ORT ALT+INFO [b8 |b9 ] } END -- GRID END -- GROUP GROUP (text="")‏ GRID { KOMMUNIKATION ART LANDVORWAHL ORTVORWAHL ANSCHLUSS KURZWAHL ANZ [k1 ][k2 ][k3 ][k4 ][k5 ] [d] } END -- GRID END -- GROUP END -- VBOX END Screen conversions Result after conversion (2/2): Strip frame characters and add Genero screen layout syntax

28. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 28 Conversion protocol: INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.010 Starte Konvertierung: INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.010 Eingabedatei: per_in\kowin_02.per INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.010 Ausgabedatei: per_out\kowin_02.per INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.010 Die Ausgabedatei existiert und wird überschrieben INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 66 Zeilen gelesen INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 Screen startet Zeile 3 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 LAYOUT & VBOX eingefügt; O-Zeile 2 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 GROUP / GRID beginnt; O-Zeile 5 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 VBOX beendet; O-Zeile 12 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 GROUP / GRID beginnt; O-Zeile 12 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 VBOX beendet; O-Zeile 18 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 GROUP / GRID beginnt; O-Zeile 18 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 LAYOUT beendet; O-Zeile 22 INFO: 20060112 12:53:39.020 79 Zeilen geschrieben Screen conversions

29. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 29 Screen after automatic conversion: Screen conversions

30. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 30 And after 1 minute of manual fine-tuning: Screen conversions

31. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 31 SCREEN { ┌──────────────────────┬─────────┬─────┬───────┬──────────────────┬───────────────alkon55 ┐ │ NAME/FIRMA │ SUCHB │ LKZ │ PLZ │ ORT │ STRASSE │ ├──────────────────────┼─────────┼─────┼───────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ [a ] │ [b ] │ [c ] │ [d ] │ [e ] │ [f ] │ └ ──────────────────────┴─────────┴─────┴───────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────── ┘ } Table Definition with special frame characters Screen conversions

32. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 32 Table output without change Screen conversions

33. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 33 Output after converting Automatic Table properties without coding:   Sorting rows (click on row header)  Switch rows on/off (visible/invisible)‏  Interchange rows   Scrollbar Screen conversions

34. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 34 ¨········································································lbn12¸ ¦ ÜBERSICHT ROHSTOFF ¦ ­····································¼·············¼··························¾ ¦ ARTIKEL ¦ BESTAND ¦ LETZTE ÄNDERUNG ¦ ¦ARTNR¦ BEZEICHNUNG ¦ KG ¦ ZUGANG ¦ ABGANG ¦KORREKTU¦ ­·····¬······························¬·············¬········¬········¬········¾ [a1 |a2 |a3 |a4 |a5 |a6 ] ª·····½······························½·············½········½········½········º Problems with tables   If we have several lines of row description Note: this is what the screen description looks like without any character set conversion Screen conversions

35. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 35 ¨········································································lbn12¸ ¦ ÜBERSICHT ROHSTOFF ¦ ­····································¼·············¼··························¾ ¦ ARTIKEL ¦ BESTAND ¦ LETZTE ÄNDERUNG ¦ ¦ARTNR¦ BEZEICHNUNG ¦ KG ¦ ZUGANG ¦ ABGANG ¦KORREKTU¦ ­·····¬······························¬·············¬········¬········¬········¾ [a1 |a2 |a3 |a4 |a5 |a6 ] ª·····½······························½·············½········½········½········º Problems with tables   If we have several lines of row description Screen conversions

36. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 36 Example: Input fields and table in one screen Screen conversions

37. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 37 Project B – conversion with enhancements   Reorder input fields (better overview)‏   Create screen space with new widgets (tabs)   Associative access (check box, combo box)‏   Pictures (e.g. for articles in stock)‏   Enhanced copy and paste (whole tables)‏ Examples... Screen conversions

38. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 38 Screen conversions

39. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 39 Screen conversions

40. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 40 Program conversions Program Conversions

41. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 41 Project A – 1 : 1   Created script to build make ‘. mak ’ files - created from Informix program table   Conversion tool: - removed CLOSE WINDOW SCREEN - removed screen ‘header’ code - changed SCO printer control to Linux raw data Program conversions

42. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 42 audru_module= \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpbda_10.42m \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpdrs_20.42m \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpgen_10.42m \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpmes_20.42m \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpope_10.42m \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpsel_20.42m \ /u80/kun/ALLGM/GP/gpszr_10.42m \ /u80/kun/BOECK/AU/aaglb_10.42m \ /u80/kun/BOECK/AU/audru_20.42m \ LIB=$(FGLDIR)/lib/libfgl4js.42x \ $(FGLDIR)/lib/libfgl.42x \ audru_module_base=$(notdir $(audru_module))‏ all:: audru.42r clean:: rm -f audru.42r $(audru_module)‏ audru.42r: $(audru_module)‏ fglrun -l -o audru.42r $(audru_module_base) $(LIB)‏ Example: Macro script for make compilations Program conversions

43. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 43 Project B – conversion with enhancements   Enhanced table reads (now dynamic arrays)‏   Added code for toolbar and menus ( on action )‏   Images (display to image field)‏   Copy and paste of whole table data   Read / write XML Program conversions

44. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 44 Adaptris and Genero Our Experience with Genero

45. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 45 Our experience w/ Genero Program conversions:   Genero tighter on I4GL syntax – e.g. number of function call parameters must match   I4GL programs will run without change   Future orientated add-ons (libraries)‏   Use old and new techniques in parallel - use.per forms or more powerful XML Dynamic User Interface   New integration possibilities - OLE access to Office   Progressive, step by step improvements

46. Jan. 2006 - ADAPTRIS Deutschland GmbH 46 Thank you for listening