Abstract: An optimization system including an option to convert existing code to a code-less environment or to create a codeless environment by the establishment of all essential application elements in files. The code-less environment is created through a design and analysis step, an environmental step and an installation step. An application map is prepared during the design and analysis step which defines where information enters into the system, where information is used, and where used information is changed. The application map is also used to verify that all information is accounted for. The design and analysis step also includes the generation of default database structures, screen formats, print layouts, file transfer protocols, validation tables and communication specifications.

Abstract: A system for reading existing program source codes which may be initially stored in computer memory, hard disk storage devices, on floppy disk storage device, diskettes, or virtually any other computer readable medium. A table lookup may be used to convert the native source code into a into a pseudo code form for writing out of such code as an interim source code file into virtual memory to be used for conversion and manipulation. The source code in the pseudo format is processed in five (I-V) phases resulting in a new program source code with appropriate instructions to call library common functions for the new system stored in the system library as created by the optimization system. In addition, various files, data elements and work space allocations each of which occupy the same space with other such files, elements and work space allocations are normalized, i.e. referred to by the same names by all source code.