Re: ILE questions: activation groups

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:56:26 -0500
  "Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@Partner400.com> wrote:
>Hey you shouldn't believe everything you read in books,
>even the venerable
>Mr. Cozzi can occasionally be less than 100% correct <g>
>
>CALLP, just as I said means Call with prototype.  The
>default is for it to
>call a procedure (which is also achieved by using the
>keyword EXTPROC on the
>PR).  If the keyword EXTPGM is used then a regular CALL
>is generated.
>
>  > I guess I don't understand what the activation group
>provides (or
>doesn't) to the binding process.  An explanation would be
>appreciated.
>
>An AG is simply a subdivision of a job used to scope
>storage and resources
>such as ODPs etc.  There are some differences between the
>default AG and a
>named or *New AG the main one being that an OPM program
>can run _only_ in
>the default AG.  ILE programs can run in either.  ILE
>programs can be run in
>the default quite safely but you need to know more about
>ILE to not use it
>than you do to use it if you see what I mean.  Running
>ILE in the default
>can result in some strange behaviors and it is far
>simpler and safer to
>simply run your ILE stuff in named (or *New) AGs.  I
>suggest you try reading
>the ILE introductory piece in the RPG Redbook ("Who knew
>you could ...") and
>then move on to the ILE Concepts manual.  There have also
>been a number of
>threads in this group - check the archives and you'll
>probably find more
>than you ever wanted to know <grin>
>
>
>Jon Paris
>Partner400
>
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Jon

If I have an RPG-ILE program that runs once a week.  If it
runs in a named activation group after completion does the
activation group still exist.  If the activation group
does exist how can you get rid of it?  TIA.