diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile
index 2662aeb4f..a067a3aef 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/src/exampleInclude.dbd
 TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/src/sncExample.stt
 TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/src/xxxRecord.dbd
 TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/src/exampleMain.cpp
-TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.cpp
+TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.c
 
 TEMPLATES += top/exampleBoot/Makefile
 TEMPLATES += top/exampleBoot/nfsCommands@vxWorks
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/Makefile
index 33f73637a..513605f15 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PROD_IOC = example
 
 example_SRCS += xxxRecord.c
 example_SRCS += devXxxSoft.c
-example_SRCS += dbSubExample.cpp
+example_SRCS += dbSubExample.c
 
 # <name>_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp will be created from <name>.dbd
 example_SRCS += example_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.c b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..486d99c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "subRecord.h"
+
+typedef long (*processMethod)(subRecord *precord);
+
+long mySubInit(subRecord *precord,processMethod process)
+{
+    printf("%s mySubInit process %p\n",precord->name, (void*) process);
+    return(0);
+}
+
+long mySubProcess(subRecord *precord)
+{
+    printf("%s mySubProcess\n",precord->name);
+    return(0);
+}
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.cpp b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 86f52a1b4..000000000
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/dbSubExample.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <registryFunction.h>
-#include <subRecord.h>
-
-extern "C" {
-typedef long (*processMethod)(subRecord *precord);
-long mySubInit(subRecord *precord,processMethod process);
-long mySubProcess(subRecord *precord);
-void mySubRecordFunctionsRegister(void);
-}
-
-long mySubInit(subRecord *precord,processMethod process)
-{
-    printf("%s mySubInit process %p\n",precord->name,process);
-    return(0);
-}
-
-long mySubProcess(subRecord *precord)
-{
-    printf("%s mySubProcess\n",precord->name);
-    return(0);
-}
-
-void mySubRecordFunctionsRegister(void)
-{
-
-    if(!registryFunctionAdd("mySubInit",(REGISTRYFUNCTION)mySubInit))
-      errlogPrintf("mySubRecordFunctionsRegister registryFunctionAdd failed\n");
-    if(!registryFunctionAdd("mySubProcess",(REGISTRYFUNCTION)mySubProcess))
-      errlogPrintf("mySubRecordFunctionsRegister registryFunctionAdd failed\n");
-}
-
-/*
- * Register commands on application startup
- */
-class mySubRegister {
-  public:
-    mySubRegister() { mySubRecordFunctionsRegister(); }
-};
-static mySubRegister mySubRegisterObj;
-
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/exampleInclude.dbd b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/exampleInclude.dbd
index 44558d7ac..81134994c 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/exampleInclude.dbd
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/src/exampleInclude.dbd
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 include "base.dbd"
 include "xxxRecord.dbd"
 device(xxx,CONSTANT,devXxxSoft,"SoftChannel")
+function("mySubInit")
+function("mySubProcess")