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Converting Existing Applications or
Enform Reports to ZMS Style Record
Formats
This appendix describes how to convert existing Enform reports or existing applications
to ZMS-style record formats.
Because legacy-style records are still supported, you are not required to convert
existing applications or Enform reports to ZMS-style record formats. However, because
ZMS-style record management lets you store data from multiple release levels in a
common file structure, you might want to convert.
The process is the same for applications and Enform reports except for two additional
considerations when you convert applications.
The conversion procedure depends on whether you want to use new counter fields in
the ZMS-style records that do not appear in the legacy-style records.
Using New Counter Fields
To convert to ZMS-style record formats using new records that do not appear in the
legacy-style records, you must significantly modify the Enform source:
1. Recompile the Enform programs against a dictionary produced from MEASDDLS.
2. In the ZMS-style naming format, qualify each reference to a record identifier or
counter field.
For example, rename CPU.dispatches to ZMSCPU.ctr.dispatches.
Using Existing Counter Fields
To convert to ZMS-style record formats using only records that appear in the legacy-
style records:
1. Recompile the Enform source files using a dictionary built from the MEASDDLZ
file.
2. In the Enform source, remove references to these fields (which the recompile left
unresolved):