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Supported Legacy Reflection and EXTRA! Files in Reflection 2008 or 2007
Technical Note 2193
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007
Summary

This technical note lists the legacy file types (from Reflection version 14.x and earlier and EXTRA! version 9.0 and earlier) that are supported in Reflection 2008 and Reflection for IBM 2007.

Supported Legacy Files in Reflection 2008

The following legacy files are supported in Reflection 2008.

Reflection

.r2w
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS Settings File
.r4w
Reflection for REGIS Graphics Settings File
.rsf
Reflection for IBM Settings
.rfw
FTP Settings file
.mto
Mainframe Transfer Request File
.xto
AS/400 Transfer Request File
.rcl
Reflection Command Language Scripting File
.rbs
Reflection Basic Scripting Files
.rma
Reflection Macro File (Macro in a Macro)

EXTRA!

.edp
Display Session
.ekm
EXTRA! Keyboard Map
.ebm
EXTRA! Basic Macros
.ebh
EXTRA! Basic Header

The Legacy EXTRA! Compatibility and Legacy Reflection Compatibility features are enabled by default in Reflection 2008.

Supported Legacy Files in Reflection 2007

The following legacy files are supported in Reflection for IBM 2007.

Reflection

.rsf
Reflection for IBM Settings
.rfw
Reflection FTP Client Settings
.xto
AS/400 Transfer Request File
.mto
5250 transfer request/batch transfer
.xto
3270 transfer request/batch transfer
.rma
Reflection script/macro

Legacy Reflection macros are supported in Reflection for IBM 2007 because the "Reflection macro and programming capability" feature is enabled by default when you install Reflection 2007.

EXTRA!

The Reflection for IBM 2007 Setup wizard does not automatically remove previous versions of EXTRA! You can specify to remove previous versions in the Reflection Customization tool.

Supported legacy EXTRA! files:

.edp
Display Session
.ekm
EXTRA! Keyboard Map
.elf
EXTRA! Layout File
.ebm
EXTRA! Basic Macros

EXTRA! macros are supported in Reflection for IBM 2007 because the "EXTRA! macro and programming capability" feature is enabled by default when you install Reflection 2007.

Troubleshooting Legacy Files

If you have problems with your legacy files, review the following issues.

Trusted Location

If your EXTRA! .EDP files are stored in Program Files\Attachmate\EXTRA! (and not in \My Documents), and you open the .EDP files in Reflection 2008, then an error displays: "Unable to open because it is not in a trusted location." To resolve this error, add the EDP file location (path) to Reflection 2008’s Trusted Locations.

Custom Configuration File Location

If you open an .EDP file that refers to other custom configuration files (for example, a custom keyboard map file), the custom configuration file must be in the same location as the .EDP file, otherwise Reflection 2008 will use a default file, and you may think that the EXTRA! custom configuration settings have been lost.

To determine if Reflection 2008 found the EXTRA! .EKM file, open the Manage Keyboard Maps dialog and look at the filename being used. If it isn’t using an .EKM file, Reflection 2008 could not find the keyboard map file, so used one of the defaults.

Related Technical Notes
2218 Upgrading to Reflection for IBM 2007
2383 Upgrading to Reflection 2008
9985 Technical Notes for Reflection 2008

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