JuggerSoft - Decompilers

JuggerSoft's Decompiler Tools are awarded
to the AS400 Magazine Honor Roll

Prior to the Y2K scare in April 1999 AS400 Magazine tested and graded our RPG and DDS Decompiler utilities. Out of four possible points, JuggerSoft scored 3.970 and was awarded to the AS400 Magazine's Honor Roll. Below are excerpts from the article. Long before and well after the Y2K scare JuggerSoft continues to provide the excellent service of returning lost or missing source code back to hundreds of customers every year. Below is a summary of the article below by category.

"The good torture test came when I dug up an old RPG program that was compiled circa CPF5 and migrated from system to system."

Installation
The utility is available from the website or tape and documentation was easy to follow.

Ease of Use
Simply one command, RTVRPGSRC, F4, fill in the blanks. If you get lost filling in the five or so parameters of program, library, source file , library, and a missing files flag, consult the documentation. The good torture test came when I dug up an old RPG program that was compiled circa CPF5 and migrated from system to system."

Documentation
The booklet that comes with the tape (or can be downloaded from the website or faxed) informs you how to install the software, who to call for the access codes, and how to invoke the software.

Certifiability
Both the RPG and DDS routines loaded and performed as expected and documented.

Functionality/Usefulness
This utility is for folks who have lost their source and need something to modify and compile, this should do the trick.

Support
These folks were great. They had the download run documentation on my fax machine almost before I hung up.

Summary
I was impressed. Here is a simple utility that will take my RPG or screens and give some users some really nice-looking source code to work with. The user side is almost a no-brainer. But when you are in pain, you tend to grab for the fastest relief, and this seems to provide that.

- Don Rima has 16 years of experience working with IBM midrange systems. For the past eight years, he has owned his own consulting group specializing in the midrange product group.