To convert a Telon Source code to a COBOL source???

[170179]

Hi everybody,

I want to know first if someone knows "TELON" ??
Then i want to know if it is possible to convert a telon Source code to a cobol source code?
And if it is, i want to know aproximatively how many times do i need to convert one programme?

TKs a lot for this forum

Sam

Have a great day!

 

[PHV]

Doesn't TELON generates COBOL source code ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[170179]

Hi,

Yes it does.
But do you think that the generated code is right perfect or right enough to get cobol source code??

The fact is that they want to migrated all the telon to Cobol so telon can be delete.

So i ask you another question:
Do you think that the generated cobol is enough to have the same application Telon (For a perfect migration telon Cobol)??

Tks a lot

Sam

Ps i hope you understand me English is not my mother tongue

 

[WMK]

The generated COBOL (or PL/I) code *is* what is compiled and actually executed.

As far as it being "pretty" or "maintainable" (outside of CA-Telon), that is another questions.

I would probably take the TELON COBOL output and run it thru a "restructuring" tool or product and then maintain that.

Once you DO convert or maintain the COBOL source, you can/should never try and "fit" it back into Telcon.

Bill Klein

 

[MarcLodge]

I've not seen Telon generated code, but if it's anything like others I've viewed (IEF, HPS) it will work, but be worse than useless if you wish to maintain or re-structure. This may not be the case, but is my experience of Cobol code generators.

You may find that you need to run a conversion program against the Telon code in order to produce decent Cobol, and then re-structure that converted code as per Bill's suggestion.

If you wish to remove Telon from your system entirely, you may well have a problem as a lot of code generators write their own run time subroutines to obtain dates, or handle files etc.

Marc

 

[yonks]

If you are using TELON's map handling you have more issues then if you are using the BMS mapping of TELON.

If you are using Telon's mapping, there are certain spots in the generation of the COBOL that you can get the COBOL program so that it can be compiled and maintained except for the screen. You need to get a copy of the generated code before DB2 precompiler of any other DB precompiler and before the resolution of copy statements. But the problem with this issue is that you still have the field edits that come with TELON as well as other TELON modules that are linked into the COBOL module. These could be a licensing issue.