PRO/5® FAMILY

The PRO/5® and Visual PRO/5® interpreters are language components of the BASIS BBx ecosystem which includes the BBj® interpreter, the latest generation of BBx® using Java technology. Both PRO/5 and Visual PRO/5 applications work exceptionally well with the enhanced database, the BASIS DBMS, as a transitionary step to the move to the BBj interpreter. Applications using the BASIS DBMS and BBj benefit from the continually expanding rich feature and function set including the wealth of open source and commercial Java and JavaScript libraries.

As a transitional step to BBj, PRO/5 and Visual PRO/5 interpreters can continue to be deployed while gaining access to the advanced features of the BASIS DBMS.

This is achieved without any application code changes by:

  1. For PRO/5 via the memory-mapped file protocol which, without any code changes or data conversion, can leverage all of the features and benefits of the BASIS DBMS.
  2. For Visual PRO/5 it’s as simple as changing from the PRO/5 Data Server to the BBj P5 DS Server.
  3. During this transition, all three components can co-reside. PRO/5, Visual PRO/5, and BBj interpreter sessions can simultaneously interact with the BASIS DBMS.

PRO/5 and Visual PRO/5 applications can reach out and consume BBj code via the XCALL verb for specific functionality that doesn’t exist in the PRO/5 family.

It is noteworthy that during testing, the BASIS DBMS can be easily switched on and off thereby allowing developers to easily step forward and back again.

A single BASIS license supports any and all of the three language interpreters and supports the ability to mix and match them.

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Continued Development

New PRO/5 and Visual PRO/5 development is generally limited to three areas; providing security patches to the product, supporting newer operating system platforms, and ensuring seamless interoperability with BBj.

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