Informix-4GL reverse engineering tools?
Posted in 1994
In <0098048C.855B37A0.8542@meteor.syscon.hii.com> "Don Amby, HEI, (414)797-6713 writes: } I am back on a project that is required to modify a large body of } Informix-4GL code, after dealing with mainly C code. I do not have } time to "read the code" for all that I need, so what I really could } use is some way to "summarize" the code. } } Are there any tools to help and extract information from: } } 4GL code 372 *.4gl files } 4GL forms 136 *.per files } } } I have Perl, so I am looking at writing some tools to help me out. } However, I would much rather use an existing tool, since I am very } short on time (for this project). }---- }Donald E. Amby, Senior Software Engineer (and software tools guy) } damby@hei.hii.com 414-797-6713 (voice) } amby@mixcom.com 414-797-6741 (FAX) } Harnischfeger Engineers, Inc., 13400 Bishops Lane, Brookfield, WI 53005 You could use the Informix compilation tools. During the process of converting 4gl to executable there is a c phase, which you could easily read. The c is very summarized, without all those troublesome comments and verbose variable names. ;) Satirically, __________________________________________________________________ | Clem Akins Standard Disclaimers Apply | | Reynolds Metals Co. "Climb High, Cave Deep!" | | Muscle Shoals, Alabama USA cwakins@leia.rmc.com | |________________________________________________________________|