Upgrade Guide

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1. Upgrading to Panther from JAM 7

• Installation
• Start-up License
• Program Startup
• Editor
• Menu Changes
• File Menu
• Edit Menu
• Create Menu
• View Menu
• Options Menu
• Tools Menu
• Other Editor Changes
• Properties
• Library Member Access
• JPL Modules
• Non-modal Text Windows
• Date/time Formats for Year 2000 Compliance
• Name Extensions
• Editor Toolbars
• Screen Wizard
• Grids
• Menu Bar Editor
• Docking Toolbars
• Styles Editor
• JIF Editor
• Development and Deployment
• New Executable Names
• Universal Makefile
• Libraries, not Files
• Library Locking
• Source Control
• Libraries Names
• References to Files Outside of Libraries
• JPL Programming
• Declaring Variables
• Sending and Receiving Data
• Variable Assignments
• Application Properties
• New Commands
• Java Interface
• Internal File Locking Available on Windows
• Opening Library Files in Windows
• MSVC Project Files
• Team Development
• Utilities
• File Extension Option
• Changed Utilities
• New Utilities
• COM/MTS Utilities
• JetNet/Oracle Tuxedo Utilities
• WebSphere Utilities
• Configuration
• JetNet/Oracle Tuxedo Variables
• WebSphere Variables
• API Changes
• Specifying Application Properties
• Additional Flags for Widget Functions
• Properties Window
• Component API Changes
• New Library Functions for Components
• New Properties for Components
• ActiveX Controls and COM Components
• New Library Functions for COM Components
• New MTS Functions
• New Properties for COM Components
• Grid API Changes
• New Library Functions for Grids
• New Properties for Grids
• Tab Control API Changes
• New Properties for Tab Controls
• New Logical Keys for Tab Controls
• Database Interface API Changes
• New Functions for the Database Interfaces
• New Properties for the Database Interfaces
• New Commands for Database Interfaces
• Database Interface Command Changes
• Transaction Manager API Changes
• New Library Functions for the Transaction Manager
• New Properties for the Transaction Manager
• Property Changes for the Transaction Manager
• New Commands for the Transaction Manager
• New Events in Transaction Manager Processing
• Web Application API Changes
• Browser Events
• New Library Functions for Web Applications
• New Properties for Web Applications
• Property Changes for Web Applications
• Dockable Toolbars
• New Properties for Dockable Toolbars
• Other API Changes
• New Properties
• Property Changes
• Application Properties
• Text Selection
• New Library Functions
• Changed or Discontinued Functions
• Database Interface
• Improved SQL Processing
• Specifying Variables in DECLARE CONNECTION
• Support for Long Filenames
• Transaction Manager
• Transaction Manager Common Model
• Web Application Development
• Initialization File Changes
• Initialization File Settings
• One Initialization File
• New Web Applications
• HTML Template Changes
• New Syntax for Specifying Variables
• Web Entry Processing
• Caching Application State
• Requester Executables
• Windows Servers
• Running Java Servlets
• Determining Mouse Location
• Widget Positioning in Web Applications
• Errors in Web Applications
• Web Gallery Samples
• Web Wizard Defaults
• Naming Conventions
• Reports
• Converting ReportWriter 6 Reports
• Modifying Reports from Previous Versions
• Setting Widget Size
• Printing PostScript
• Report Utilities
• Upgrading to JetNet
• Editor
• Screen Wizard
• Menu Bar Editor
• Styles Editor
• JIF Editor
• Debugger
• Service Components
• JIF
• Administration Utilities
• Environment Variables
• Database Error Handling
• Team Development
• Transaction Model
• progserv
• JetNet and Oracle Tuxedo Event Handling
• API Changes for JetNet and Oracle Tuxedo Applications
• JPL Commands
• Library Functions
• Properties
• Migrating a JAM Transaction Manager Application
• Upgrading an Existing Application
• Upgrading to Panther for IBM WebSphere
• Documentation
• Documentation Titles
• Online Documentation
• Documentation Changes and Corrections
• Quick Reference Changes and Corrections
• Configuration
• Functions
• Properties
• Utilities

2. Using the JAM Upgrade Utility

• Running JAM to Panther

3. Upgrading to Oracle Tuxedo from JetNet

4. Upgrading to Panther from JAM 5

• Upgrading From JAM 5
• Upgrade Paths
• Migration
• Utility Conversion
• Full Upgrade
• Which Path is Best for My Application?
• Upgrading the Operating Environment
• Update Your Configuration Files
• Update Your GUI Resource and Initialization Files
• Color Aliases
• Update Your Data Dictionary into a Repository and LDB
• LDB Initialization
• Update Your Main Routines
• Update Your Function List
• Automatic Dereferencing
• Eliminate the Use of Release 4 Library Functions
• Converting an Application
• The Conversion Toolkit
• When a Feature is Missing...
• Screens and Related Topics
• Biting the Bullet
• Running Your Application for the First Time
• The Bottom Line
• The f5upg Utility
• Invoking f5upg
• Arguments and Options
• General Behavior
• Verbosity Level
• Graphics Conversion
• Keep JPL Extensions Around
• Allow Output File to Overwrite an Existing File
• Assuming System Colors or Scheme by Default
• Conversion of Menu Arrays to List Boxes
• Conversion of Borders
• Conversion of Onscreen Control Fields
• Conversion of Keyset Designations
• Protected Field Heuristics
• Release 5 Widgets
• The dd5upg Utility
• Arguments and Options
• Description
• The m2asc Utility
• Arguments and Options
• Description
• The dd2rec Utility
• Arguments and Options
• Description

5. Conversion Summary from JAM 5 to Panther

• All Applications
• GUI Applications
• Character Applications

A. JAM Documentation: Alternative Scrolling

• Panther Interaction with Scrolling Drivers
• Installation
• Scroll Driver Interface
• The altsc_t Structure
• Return Values
• Scroll Driver Action Codes
• Scrolling Driver Example

B. JAM Documentation: Internal I/O Processing

• Processing Keyboard Input
• Logical Keys
• Key Translation
• With Timing Interval Set
• Key Routing
• Value Greater Than 0x1ff
• Value Between 0x01 and 0x1ff
• Changing Key Actions at Runtime
• Processing Terminal Output
• How Panther Handles Output
• Graphics Characters and Alternate Character Sets

C. Obsolete Functions

• sm_com_call_method
• sm_com_get_prop
• sm_com_log
• sm_com_obj_create
• sm_com_obj_destroy
• sm_com_onerror
• sm_com_raise_exception
• sm_com_receive_args
• sm_com_return_args
• sm_com_set_prop

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