RE: Having problems accessing IFS from RPGIV

Amen.  Solving this sort of problem is something no one needs to do more
than once.  It's not like coming up with an interesting bit of logic, it's a
matter of figuring out how to translate C data types into RPG data types
(not trivial by any means) and learning enough about C file I/O to apply the
results intelligently.  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Campin [mailto:Alan.Campin@CaseLogic.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 10:58 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Having problems accessing IFS from RPGIV
> 
> 
> The thing that comes up for me in this discussion is why are 
> we reinventing
> the same code again and again?
> 
> A week ago, I put out a message on an IFS service program 
> that I would be
> glad to send to anyone who wants it, compiled and ready to 
> use. The library
> has been in use for over a year and others have written the 
> same thing. 
> 
> We shouldn't be having to write the same stuff again and 
> again. That is the
> whole concept of ILE. Build it once and reuse.
> 
> As I have said before, we need a GNU library for AS/400 ILE programs.
> 
> Almost wonder if this should come from or lead by IBM. 
> 
> 
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