On 25/06/2010, at 5:52 AM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:
As far as I know, IBM have maintained compatibility for all output
files all
the way back to V1 (and indeed to the S/38). So, I say again: what
files
were changed and when?
In general, changes to outfiles are performed in a compatible fashion.
New fields are added at the end of the format and the template file is
shipped with LVLCHK(*NO). This makes most changes transparent.
There have been occasions where Rochester screwed up. I recall one
case where someone stuck a longer than 6 character field name into an
outfile thus forcing RPG III users to rename it or use RPG IV. I
recall noise being made about broken outfiles on one or two releases.
It has happened but infrequently.
Regards,
Simon Coulter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
FlyByNight Software OS/400, i5/OS Technical Specialists
http://www.flybynight.com.au/
Phone: +61 2 6657 8251 Mobile: +61 0411 091 400 /"\
Fax: +61 2 6657 8251 \ /
X
ASCII Ribbon campaign against HTML E-Mail / \
--------------------------------------------------------------------
