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#1 2005-03-30 02:51:00

DaveHarbud
Guest

Re: PB8 => PB10 migration

I've tried simply rebuilding my exported source code using Powergen 6 and it crashes without a meaningful error message partway through.  Do I need to convert my source code to HEXASCII?
Can I do this with Powergen or do I need to use the PB10 IDE for the actual migration?

#2 2005-03-30 06:22:20

DaveHarbud
Guest

Re: PB8 => PB10 migration

Reading through the help file, I understand that Powergen imports and exports PB10 code as pure ASCII, though the PBLs are Unicode.
On the other the recommended upgrade procedure is check out all of the objects out of PVCS using PB8,  convert using PB10 IDE and then check the objects back into PVCS.  The checked in objects are now all in HEXASCII
Now in principle I guess it's possible to upgrade by simply compiling my ASCII source code with Powergen 6 (though, as I said, it didn't work for me).
However, if I subsequently try to check an ASCII object out of PVCS using Powerbuilder, won't it decide that it has to convert it to PB10 / HEXASCII?
I'm a little confused about how Powerbuilder and Powergen now hang together...

#3 2005-04-01 08:38:26

mchestnut
Guest

Re: PB8 => PB10 migration

I am able to bootstrap import my PowerBuilder 9 code into PowerBuilder 10.0.1.6064 using PowerGen 6.0.0.21 for PB10.  My PB9 code is stored in Microsoft VSS.  I "get latest version" to get the source out of VSS then bootstrap import it.  Works fine.

I wonder if you should try migrating your code via PowerBuilder to see if any additional information messages appear.

Also, what build of PB 10 are you using?  You may want to get latest version of that, too.

#4 2005-04-06 05:49:05

Phil
Guest

Re: PB8 => PB10 migration

There is an update to PowerGen V6.0 that will handle source exported in HEXASCII format.  PB will use HEXASCII when exporting (registering or checking in) objects that contain special characters.

Please download Pwrgn10.zip from ftp.ecrane.com (using username and password of 'ecrane') to get the update.

Regards,

Phil

#5 2005-04-12 02:14:34

DaveHarbud
Guest

Re: PB8 => PB10 migration

I tried to download the new version using my user name 'DaveHarbud'  and 'ecrane' with the 'ecrane' password.  I can't get in.  Has the main Powergen zipfile on your downloads page been updated?

#6 2005-04-13 06:06:43

DaveHarbud
Guest

Re: PB8 => PB10 migration

I downloaded the zipfile from the downloads area, did the conversion using the PB10.2 IDE and rebuilt with Powergen.  This part seems to work fine

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