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Replacing the ASCII Runtime PRPQ (5799-AAS) on V5R1 and Later Systems

The ASCII Runtime PRPQ (5799-AAS) may be replaced with the OS/400 ASCII Runtime if:

• OS/400 level V5R1M0 or higher is running on your iSeries.
• You wish to upgrade to the OS/400 version of ASCII Runtime (recommended).

Before removing the ASCII Runtime PRPQ, ensure that the latest OS/400 ASCII Runtime PTF's are installed on your system. To view the latest ASCII Runtime PTF's, click here

Follow these instructions to remove the ASCII Runtime PRPQ (5799-AAS) from your system:

1. Remove any product specific requirements, such as system library list entries or environment variables. This step may require an IPL to cleanly remove all uses of the ASCII Runtime PRPQ. The command WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QADRT) OBJTYPE(*LIB) can be used to see if any system is using the ASCII Runtime library. Contact your product support team for help.
2. End all systems or programs that are using the ASCII Runtime PRPQ.
3. Delete the PRPQ by executing DLTLICPGM LICPGM(5799AAS) from the OS/400 command line. This will delete the library QADRT, its contents, the IFS directory /QIBM/ProdData/qadrt, and its contents. The conversion files generated by the ASCII Runtime and located in QUSRSYS will not be deleted. These files will continue to be used by the OS/400 ASCII Runtime.

Note: If you are developing software using the OS/400 version of the ASCII Runtime, the header files and modules necessary to compile and build are now part of the ASCII Runtime Development Kit and can be downloaded from here.