Proven Toolset
ML-iMPACT is a proven modernization tool that allows you to convert your existing System i RPG and CL applications to a native Microsoft .NET environment. ML-iMPACT not only converts your program code but also your display files, which are automatically converted to Microsoft Windows Forms or ASP.NET forms, so the modernized application can run via a browser. In addition the ML-iMPACT toolset includes the ability to connect the converted application back to DB2/400 data running on your System i. This allows you to continue to use the System i as a robust data server while off-loading your interactive applications to .NET.

The ML-iMPACT toolset also comes with an automated testing tool which allows you to build test cases against your RPG applications and then run these test cases against the new Microsoft .NET version to confirm that the conversion process has kept all the functionality of the original System i application.

Modernization to True Microsoft Architecture
The ML-iMPACT solution does not leave you reliant on specialized third party compilers or database emulation products. Once you have migrated with ML-iMPACT you can move your applications forward using standard Microsoft tools such as Visual Studio and SQL Server.

Modernize Look & Feel
ML-iMPACT automatically converts the display file record formats to native Windows Forms or ASP.NET forms. Once this has been done, you can enhance these forms using standard development tools like Microsoft Visual Studio.

Delivering Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Because ML-iMPACT takes your RPG code to native C# within the .NET framework you can immediately take advantage of SOA based development. .NET allows you to use standards such as XML using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) making enterprise application integration much easier than you experienced on the System i. Exposing your application business rules as Web Services allows you to breakdown your monolithic systems into agile applications, which deliver greater flexibility to the business.

Transoft SOA Framework for System i
Transoft SOA Framework for System i provides an additional enabling technology for your incremental modernization strategy. As we have discussed, ML-iMPACT allows migration of individual application modules to Microsoft .NET. Once you have migrated these modules you may need to integrate them back to applications still running on your System i. Transoft SOA Framework, allows you to use the latest Web Services technology to integrate your migrated application into your System i RPG applications.

ML-iMPACT Sophisticated Analysis Tools
ML-iMPACT offers a comprehensive automated analysis tool which not only provides complete inventories of all the application components but verifies the code against the functions automatically supported by the ML-iMPACT converter thereby determining how simple or complex the migration is going to be.

Automated Testing
ML-iMPACT has automated testing tools built into it. The testing tool allows users familiar with the system to ‘record’ sessions on the System i application and then automatically replay these sessions on the migrated system. The testing tool then validates the results against those taken from the System i.

‘‘We are very impressed with what we have seen of ML-iMPACT, and see the ported results as a starting point from which we can add the platform specific enhancements to the solution that will now be available to us."
                                                                                 Neil Cross, Managing Director Chorus Software

ML-iMPACT Features & Benefits

• Modernizes your System i application to run on Microsoft .NET, improving interoperability and cost of ownership
• Automated conversion of RPG & CL code to native C#
• Improve look & feel of applications
• Database can remain DB2/400 or can be converted to Microsoft SQL Server
• Easy for RPG & C# programmers to understand converted code
• Enables SOA development
• Easy connectivity between new C# programs and RPG programs still running on System i using Transoft SOA tools
• On-going development of application using Microsoft Visual Studio