You have many different scenarios here.
If the subprocedure is within a module of a service program, you should open/close when you use it.
If the subprocedure is within the same module, it all depends on the file usage and how the file is opened. If this file is only used for this subprocedure, best practice would be to open/close in that subprocedure.
Sharon Wintermute
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:34 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Handling Files in a Subproceedure
We are adding application security (to hide some fields) to an application
of mine. I want to use a subproceedure to check for authorization. The
problem is that I have never really grasped the concept to how to properly
handle file opening and reading. I have always taken the easy way out and
just opened and closed the file every time the subprocedure was called. Is
there a sample somewhere on how to do this properly?
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