All-

We've a client who sent us some SB+ screens for cnversion to
OpenInsight. We're having trouble figuring out the layout- in the
dictionary of the file in question we have what we believe is a screen
definition- it looks like this:

SCREEN
A
1
N?Y?....
0
0,0,79,17

and so on. Having gone through tons of SB docs, we can't find the
format of this structure. Can someone provide any assistance? It is
greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

I don't think that you will be able to parse thru the screen data.

There may be a conversion program that will convert SB+ to OPENINSIGHT.
mikenot (AT) revelationnotdot (DOT) com wrote:

mrparkland (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:
I doubt it ... I assume the OP is Mike Ruane (check the sig), and if
such a thing were "out there" there is a fair chance he would know ...
what he needs to do is find someone that actually understands the
"innards" of SB+ and "where" "what" is stored ... THEN there probably
WILL be a product along the lines you suggest - right Mike?

mikenot (AT) revelationnotdot (DOT) com wrote:
the person you may want to speak to is Neil Charrington (I hope he
doesn't mind me referencing him). CA have a product called mv4gl
which is a gui 4gl, which converts sb+ to mv4gl. Whilst mv4gl
probably won't work on OpenInsight, CA must know the internals of SB+
so may be able to assist in a technical consultancy capacity.

HTH
Simon

Mike;

There are a number of other companies that do this:
www.u2logic.com
www.binarystar.com/sb_migration.html
http://www.mv4gl.com/Prod_mvSBC.shtml
http://www.sc-sys.com/sbconverter.html (may be the same as the previous
entry)
www.designbais.com

There may be more. You can try the SB Solutions list at u2ug.org - someone
there may have something.

Of course, all of them probably just convert the SB+ definition to their own
format - not sure if you'll have any more luck there. I'm also not sure if
any of them convert the GUI screens or just the character screens (you have
a character screen definition here).

Me, I've "hacked" them a little and most things aren't too hard to figure
out.

hth
Colin Alfke
Calgary Canada

<mike> wrote in

I have the SB+ internals document the OP requested. It was on the
resource kit that IBM published ... about a year ago as I recall.

Kevin-

Can I get a copy? Or can you direct me to where you found it?

Thanks!

On 14 Sep 2006 05:51:30 -0700, "Kevin King" <kevin (AT) precisonline (DOT) com>
wrote:

I doubt it'll be a product- we just need to convert some screens to
help out a client whose a bit stuck right now. Once we get it mostly
moved over we can touch it up by hand.

Thanks

On 13 Sep 2006 14:38:05 -0700, "Ross Ferris" <rossf (AT) stamina (DOT) com.au>
wrote:

If you do find the answer, please feel free to share ... the people we
have moved from SB+ originally were all going to help us with a
migration tool, and ended up deciding it was easier to "do it right"
.... still, as useful capability.

I would suggest that even if you DON'T end up with a "real
tool"/product, the fact that you have even a token capability may help
you move some people

(TOTAL ASIDE: Got a flier from IBM today on DB2 9 and there is a line
in there I thought was just GREAT for your marketing department ...
"DB2 9 is a revelation" ! Do you think you should sue, or just take
royalties :-)

mikenot (AT) revelationnotdot (DOT) com wrote:

Like I mentioned before, it was on the U2 resource kit CD from IBM.
I'm sure if you drop a note to the U2 users group someone at IBM should
be able to help you get this disk - which contains a wealth of very
useful stuff. Obviously I can't post their document but if you go to
my website (precisonline.com) and drop me an email I don't think it
would be violating any rules or laws to share the copy I have.