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Table of Contents HP Business BASIC/XL Migration Guide HP Business BASIC/XL Migration Guide : COPYRIGHT NOTICE Getting Started Process Overview Planning Your Migration from Business BASIC/V Do You Have all the Software You Need? Examining Potential Problems Moving Files to the MPE XL Machine Evaluating Changes You Need to Make Migrating Changed Features Removing Obsolete Features Migrating Business BASIC/V Files Migrating BASIC DATA and Binary Files Migrating TurboIMAGE/V Databases TurboIMAGE/V to TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancing and Optimizing Migrated Business BASIC/V Applications Optimizing Migrated HP Business BASIC/V Applications Enhancing Migrated HP Business BASIC/V Applications Accessing Compatibility Mode Data Files Getting Started Process Overview Planning Your Migration from BASIC/V Do You Have All the Software You Need? Moving Files to the MPE XL Machine Examining Potential Problems Evaluating Changes You Need to Make Migrating Changed Features Replacing Removed Features Migrating BASIC/V Files Preparing Files Using the Migration Aid Migrating TurboIMAGE/V Databases Real Number Handling Automatically Translated XDB Procedure Calls Reviewing What the Migration Aid Changes for You ADVANCE Statement ASSIGN Statement CHAIN Statement (Interpreted) COM Statement CREATE Statement ENTER Statement FILES Statement IF THEN Statements INPUT Statement LINPUT Statement MARGIN Statement MAT PRINT USING Statement ON END THEN Statement PURGE Statement RESTORE Statement SYSTEM Statement Built-In Functions Arrays and Strings Multibranch GOTO/GOSUB Optimizing Migrated BASIC/V Applications Getting Started Process Overview Planning Your Migration from BASIC/260 Do You Have all the Software You Need? Learning How to Use MPE XL Avoiding Common Problems Evaluating Changes You Need to Make Numeric and String Operations Program Control Input and Output Operations User Defined Function Keys The HP Business BASIC/XL Report Writer Miscellaneous Moving Files from the HP 260 Choosing an Appropriate File Moving Method The PERFORM File Sample PERFORM Files TRNSFR Some Considerations When Using TRNSFR Using TRNSFR Moving Exact Duplicates of Database Data Sets, Data Files, and Forms Files Moving Data Files Moving Multiple Files Migrating BASIC/260 Files Using a Job Stream File Commands to Migrate Files Additional Commands Options Migrating Program Files Migrating Softkey Dependent Programs Migrating Data Files Migrating Many Different Kinds of Files at One Time Migrating HP 260 Databases System Differences Database Management SEARCH and SORT Database File Migration Migrating FORMS/260 Forms Choosing a Forms Package General Information about Forms Recommended Migration Procedure FORMS/260 to JOINFORM Migration Changing HP 260 Form Files to JOINFORM Files Reviewing What the Migration Aid Changes for You Enhancing and Optimizing Migrated BASIC/260 Applications Optimizing Performance