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  • Subject: Re: Creating a service program
  • From: "Mike Silvers" <msilvers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:30:45 -0400
  • Organization: Hainey Business Systems

you can have more than 1 *PRV signature....


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Creating a service program


> Curiosity question on this.  Okay, now you have 2 signatures in your
binder langauge, one
> *PRV for the old calls, one *CURRENT for the new calls.  What do you do
when you add
> a few more procedures to your directory?  You can't have 2 *PRV can you?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> Mike Silvers wrote:
>
> > You must specify the current signature and the old signature in the
binder
> > language.  The binder language is saved in a source file and is of the
type
> > MOD.  When the service program is compiled, you must then specify the
> > location of the binder language.  The binder language would state the
> > following to include the old signature:
> >
> > STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc1)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc2)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc3)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc4)
> > ENDPGMEXP
> >
> > STRPGMEXP  PGMLVL(*PRV)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc1)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc2)
> > EXPORT  SYMBOL(Proc3)
> > ENDPGMEXP
> >
> > What this is saying is that the current signature includes all 4
procedures.
> > It saves an old signature with the first three procedures.  The older
> > programs will use the older signature with 3 procedures.  Any newer
programs
> > that are compiled will use the new signature with 4 procedures.  Any
program
> > using the older signature can not reference the new 4th procedure unless
it
> > is compiled again and has a prototype defining the new procedure.  If a
> > program is compiled again, it will always use the current signature, not
any
> > of the old signatures.
> >
> > Mike
>
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