Powerbuilder and 4GL gateway development

At the commencement of this project, neither the 4GL COBOL generator nor the PowerBuilder Gateway existed as a part of an automated solution. Both language gateways were developed and customized to meet the company's specific needs during the pilot. In-house software architects defined the detailed conversion specifications for each language in the 4GL Conversion Specification and the PowerBuilder Conversion System Requirements Specification documents.

Figure 6.6 depicts the generic architecture of any language translator within the JanusStudio™ transformation framework. This transformation framework facilitates the reuse of components between transformation projects including language grammar systems, ...

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