Hello, group! I just joined and have been reading the mailing list for a week or so. I am brand new to UniData after using Pick/D3 with SB+ for 9 years (and 20+ years before that writing COBOL). We are Prelude users, but write a good bit of our own code for local add-ons and freestanding applications. Over the last 9 years, I have accumulated about 1000 Basic programs that I must now convert to UD. I have looked for a concise list of differences between D3 Basic and UD Basic, but can't find one. I have run into a few snags so far, things that just won't compile, but I am also concerned about hidden gotchas ... subtle differences in behavior where the syntax appears to be compatible. Can anyone point me toward such a list?
Among the things I have encountered so far: 1. No FOLD function in UniBasic 2. variable = @COMMAND instead of TCLREAD variable 3. Reading/writing directly to Unix files: no %OPEN,%READ,%WRITE,%CLOSE, etc. 4. No SP-ASSIGN ? syntax to query the current printer assignment. 5. No ACCESS(10) to use in routines called from a dictionary item to get the current item ID. 6. More reserved words than D3 I am sure there is a lot more that I haven't stumbled across yet. =========================================================== Norman Morgan <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> http://www.brake.com =========================================================== A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. =========================================================== ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
