general question

[Former Member]

Hi all,

we are on the verge of upgrading from 4.6c to ECC 6.we are planning to convert tha programs from non unicode to unicode.

My thought intially was to convert all programs before upgrade, but since 4.6c is not unicode compatible ,so i am left with no other option of upgrading first and then converting to unicode.

Let me know if iam wrong or is any other way to convert and then upgrade.

Thanks

[RichHeilman]

I am in the same situation as you, and I know of a lot of changes that I will need to make. To my knowledge there is no way for us to start the transistion of these programs. The changes to the statements are not supported in the 46c environment. You will need to upgrade, then do the task of converting the custom code to be compliant.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi Rich,

You guys are converting for non unicode to unicode as well.

I have one more question apart from usefulness from unicode conversion when it comes to mutli languages is there any adv because we have confined to only english lang.

Thanks

venki

[RichHeilman]

We are a single langauge system as well, but we are doing the conversion anyway. To my knowledge, if you are using single language and one that does not need unicode, then the unicode conversion is not neccessary.

Regards

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi Rich,

Thxs

I AM JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW YOU MENTIONED "one that does not need unicode" ,HERE ARE YOU REFERRING TO LANGUAGES OR SOMETHING ELSE.aPART FROM MUTLI LANG BENIFIT IS THERE ANY ADV AND BY SOME RESEARCH I CAME TO KNOW THAT THE PROGRAMS FROM 4.6C WITHOUT UNICODE CHECK WOULD RUN FINE IN ECC 6.0.

IS THIS TRUE AND IN ADDITION ONLY THE NEW PROGRAMS DEVELOPED IN ECC 6 HAVE TO BE UNICODE SYNTAX COMPATIBLE.

LET ME KNOW IF IAM WRONG

I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD THROW SOME LIGHT ON THIS

THANKS

[suresh_datti]

PL take a look at the OSS Note # 928729 if you already haven't.

~Suresh

[Former Member]

Hi suresh ,

if you don't mind can you send the note 928729 for some reason my userid and password are not working

Thanks

[rahulkavuri]

hi i have worked on Unicode project to upgradation, u can first check the compatibilty of ur programs for unicode using transaction UCCHECK

This will point out the errors which u might face in the Unicode System,

also if u first move ur objects to the Unicode system this will be brute force and as the unicode checks active in attributes in not marked active u will have to face runtime errors often in unicode system

So first change the objects for unicode compatibility and then move the objects to unicode system

award points if found helpful

[Former Member]

Hi ,

we are currently in 4.6c version so there is no way we can check the programs for unicode syntax or errors .

i am not sure whether there is any other way that we can check programs in 4.6c for the compatability for unicode .

IF YES DO LET ME KNOW THANKS

THANKS