Informix 4GL to Java conversion

Informix 4GL migration

  • Break technical limitations and evolution constraints
  • Reduce development, maintenance and deployment costs
  • Leverage the application’s capital investment with minimal risk
More Benefits

ArtinSoft’s powerful automated software migration technology and services can accelerate the evolution of your Informix 4GL assets into Java while reducing risk and cost. Because the migrated applications are functionally equivalent to the Informix versions, the embedded business knowledge of the users and developers is preserved and organizational disruption is minimized. And your developers will be able to easily recognize, maintain and enhance the newly migrated code.

Benefits of an Informix 4GL migration

Avoid technical limitations and slow evolution
  • Conversion from monolithic “green-screen” terminal applications to multi-tier architectures with Windows-based GUI environments and/or Web-based clients
  • Optional access to other databases, like Oracle or SQL Server
  • Address the scarcity of trained 4GL programmers and decreasing market support
  • Simplified integration with heterogeneous environments and other applications
Reduce development, maintenance and deployment costs
  • Improved development productivity through an object-oriented, component-based development model
  • Access to hundreds of packaged components you can incorporate into your systems
  • Reduced costs of ownership, including significantly lower software licensing fees and reduced hardware and platform maintenance costs
Preserve and leverage the application’s capital investment
  • Through our Informix 4GL automated migration tool and expert consulting services we can guarantee a 100% functionally equivalent Java application, preserving all the business knowledge embedded in the original system.
  • Long-term strategy, as opposed to wrapping, “frontware” solutions where the application is still maintained using the 4GL language.


ArtinSoft’s comprehensive Informix 4GL migration solution

ArtinSoft Migration Project Methodology diagram

Our advanced Informix 4GL to Java conversion tool automatically migrates around 90% of the source code, including modules and forms, and complemented with ArtinSoft’s expert consulting services we deliver a completely converted and functional equivalent Java application. This ensures a smooth transition, where the migrated code can then be edited and maintained within any high-performance Java development suite.

To help Informix programmers become rapidly productive in the Java environment, they will instantly recognize familiar concepts in the migrated Java code, such as:

  • Informix command structures
  • Names of variables
  • Comments
  • Names of routines

Our comprehensive Informix 4GL migration offering will handle your entire project on a turnkey basis, from the assessment and planning stages to the actual Informix 4GL to Java conversion process. You can download a before/after-type demo that shows the results of our Informix 4GL migration solution here, or you can contact us now for more information!