Re: EGL support for ESQL/C?

malc_p@btinternet.com wrote > In between watching England rubbing the Aussie noses in the dirt > [...] get the 4GL/EGL > conversion utility [...] > So far, so hoopy. I've even converted succesfully a cursor-based form > program, so progress has been made. > However - reading the conversion utility user's guide, there's a little > clause in the "Conversion Limitations" section, page 1-3 stating "I4GL > programs that call ESQL/C are not supported". > I have a case open with tech supp on this but wonder if there's anyone > out there in listland who knows whether this is ever going to change? > Our main app calls several ESQL/C lib files so short of rewriting them > in EGL we're stuffed. What do those ESQL/C library files do? Can the functionality be written in I4GL? Many times, the ESQL/C code simply does something that I4GL didn't make convenient, but which could be handled nowadays. Not always, but fairly often. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2005.02 -- http://dbi.perl.org/