Re: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101

How do you tell the compiler what file to compile the program against?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101


>
>
>     Eval    fileToOpen = FmtText('%s/%s' : %trimR(MyLib) : %TrimR(MyLib))
>
> Not Rockescience at all.
> -Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Joep Beckeringh
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:28 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101
>
> Bob Cozzi wrote:
>
> > Joep,
> > You can supply the file name and library as variables, just declare a
> > variable as a data structure and break it apart; it's RPG IV, not Rocket
> > Science.
> > On another note, if you use EXTFILE and/or EXTMBR remember that THESE
ARE
> > NOT OVERRIDES. They are direct opens of the specific file/member. So you
> > don't get the same side-effects as issuing an OVRDBF command. That is,
> > there's no SHARE(*YES) or SEQONLY(*YES) capability. Those options still
> need
> > to be issued via an OVRDBF command.
> > -Bob Cozzi
>
> Hm. You would have have to have a 21 bytes data structure with a '/' in
the
> middle. The file would have to be USROPN because you can't have entry
> parameters
> in a data structure. If you just need to point to a different library you
> would
> have to fill the filename part of the data structure. There is more than a
> fine
> line between rocket science and elegance :-)
>
> Joep Beckeringh
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