RE: Pointer not set for location referenced.

  Eric,

  For one of the programs, I am using a named activation group.  For the
  modules that seem to be having the problem (which are in the service
  program), I am using *CALLER with a Shared AG(*NO).

  I was thinking along the same lines that maybe somewhere a RCLACTGRP was
  being called but I not using that command anywhere.  We are running MAPICS
  ERP software which (primarily) is not written in ILE.

  I was thinking of changing the one program from the named AG to *CALLER.

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    From:  "DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reply-To:  RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
    <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    To:  "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject:  RE: Pointer not set for location referenced.
    Date:  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:17:35 -0500
    >Eric,
    >
    >Are any of your apps trying to reclaim activation groups?  You use
    *Caller for all your ILE modules, but you didn't say whether you use
    named AGs or *NEW.  In any case, it sounds like parts of your app are
    being reclaimed, leaving the still active parts with invalid pointers.
    >
    >Eric DeLong
    >Sally Beauty Company
    >MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
    >940-297-2863 or ext. 1863
    >
    >
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
    >[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric Wolf
    >Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:05 PM
    >To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
    >Subject: Pointer not set for location referenced.
    >
    >
    >    To the list,
    >    I have looked through the archives but cannot seem to find an
    explanation
    >    for what is occuring.  Here it is:
    >
    >    My users are receiving this error MCH3601 Pointer not set for
    location
    >    referenced on different programs during the day.  All the programs
    are
    >    using modules of a service program to retrieve a single record from
    a
    >    file.  Each module is being passed the external datastructure of
    the file
    >    to be retrieved and the datastructure is being cleared and the key
    fields
    >    are being reset before each execution of the module.  They pretty
    much all
    >    look something like this:
    >
    >    /free
    >    ...
    >    clear carrier;
    >    carrier.id = ordcarrier;
    >    carrier = RtvCarrier (carrier);
    >    ...
    >    /end-free
    >    Every once-in-a-while, the error appears when attempting to execute
    the
    >    RTVCARRIER statement. After receiving the error message, the users
    sign
    >    off and back on again and all is fine.  None of the modules have
    changed
    >    and new modules are added to the end of the SRVSRC BND
    >    member. The programs that are "calling" the modules are compiled
    with the
    >    ACTGRP(*CALLER)
    >
    >    Any suggestions as to where to focus my attention would be greatly
    >    appreciated...
    >
    >    TIA,
    >    Eric A. Wolf
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