Step 1: Load UVCS into UD6

Before performing this step ensure that you have:

• Installed Uniface, UD6 and your version control system with command line utility support
• Are very familiar with the use and administration of these tools
• Have setup the UD6 and Version Control system, assignment files etc as per your requirements (see how to: guides for more information)
• UD6 repository is initialised (using the joins file from the "Additional" directory)
• (optional step) Have loaded original (pre UVCS) copy of source code and checked-in to version control
  if performing this step you should use these assignment file settings:
  USYS$UD6_PARAMS=nouvers,chkver,version 720600,noemptytrig,nocompstamp,notimestamp,forcedate 2001-03-02T09:00:00, ...

Export UVCS from existing repository and Import into UD6 using specific UD6 settings. E.g: set the ASN file for the import to:

[ENTITIES]
*.uvcs $idf:.\sources\other\*.*

[DRIVER_SETTINGS]
USYS$UD6_PARAMS=nokeycheck,nouvers,chkver,version 720600,noemptytrig,nocompstamp,notimestamp,forcedate 2001-03-02T09:00:00, etc etc

NOTE: be sure to set the version of the IDF that you used to import the UVCS repository with version 720600.

Ensure that the configuration files (joins, overflows etc) from UD6t 1.03.00 or higher are being used, and that the following configuration files from the "additional" directory have been copied into the configuration directory:

• renametags
• plsremove
• joins - NOTE: this replaces the previous copy of joins file.

Copy the UVCS sources into the UD6 repository:

idf /cpy idf:*.uvcs c:\tst_prod\reorder-uvcs_28_03_01.aaa

The UVCS entities are exported from Unfiace in the wrong order. Use Notepad or another text editor to move the following entities position in the TRX file:

• applications: put avppl before apvlfrm
• components: put uvcgrou (groups) before uvcfiel
• tables: put uvctabl (table) before uvcfiel (field) and uvckey (key)
• Menus: put uvsmenu (menu) before uvsitem (item)

idf /cpy c:\tst_prod\reorder-uvcs_28_03_01.aaa idf:

As the UVCS sources are imported, these assignment file settings and configuration files reformat the data to match the 'normal' Uniface dictionary data. The uvcs2cvs.exe program will then 'check in' these to the new version control in Step 2.

For more information about the converting from UVCS to CVS see: