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# System File Changes

Enhancements to OSAS version 7.0 included changes to certain system files. Programs must be changed to accommodate these enhancements.

OSINFO.xxx

The OSINFO.xxx files changed to a text format for version 7.0 to make them easier to edit from outside OSAS. Because the information in the file is harder to obtain than from a BBx file format, the main directory paths are now stored in global variables (see the section on global variables for a list).

If other information in the OSINFO.xxx file is needed in a program, you can retrieve the value for any line in the file by calling the RMPRTXT.PUB public program.

.ARC Files

BBj stores graphical form layouts in ASCII (text) resource files with a .ARC extension. PRO/5 uses binary formatted resource files with a .BRC extension, just as in OSAS version 6.x. You must convert the .BRC files to .ARC files using the BASIS utilities and include the resulting .ARC files on the BBj media.