Re: i4gl question. (fwd)

Gauker, Per your question about moving to Informix or cobol I received this from Jennifer Hayes at Informix. I don't know anything about the product but if it works it seems like it could give you the best of both worlds. A simple translation of the Cobol while still allowing you to move to Informix for enhancements and long term transition. I suggest you check it out, it may still require changes in the file formats currently defined though. Informix also has a product called ESQL/Cobol which works with Micro-Focus and Ryan-McFarland Cobol's but you have to replace all the file handling statements in the Cobol with SQL statements which can require restructuring the entire code (Not a nice solution this looks better). > From infmx!jenh@uunet.UU.NET Sun Dec 15 21:20:27 1991 > From: jenh@informix.com (Jennifer Heggie) > Message-Id: <9112160507.AA01070@cobra> > Subject: Re: i4gl question. (fwd) > To: jgordon@ssf-sys.DHL.COM > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 91 23:07:26 CDT > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL16] > > > To bring COBOL programs to Unix, Gauker could make use of > > AcuCOBOL's new product Acu4GL, which runs on Unix. It doesn't > > translate the code to I4GL, > > but will allow any COBOL programs written in COBOL85 to > > automatically access the Informix database when recompiled. > > It translates FDs to SQL statements. > > Then the COBOL can be translated to I4GL at their leisure. > > Unfortunately I didn't see the original email. You can > > contact Cameron Jenkins at AcuCOBOL at (619) 689-7241. > > Would you forward this email to Gauker? > > > > Thank-you, > > Jennifer Heggie > > Informix Software > >