Re: WDSc for iSeries 5.1 and compile

All:

This is a follow-up to a question that was posted about 2 months ago.
The original post was from Brian Andersen and I chimed in with a similar
request.  I've been working offline with Kushal Munir from IBM who also
responded to the original post and has graciously provided the
information I needed.

To summarize, my question was:  Is it possible to create our own
commands to wrap around IBM compile commands and return the events file
information to the iSeries Error List window in WDSc?

The answer:  Yes!  To accomplish it you need to do the following...
- Your command must have parameters SRCMBR(member) and OPTION(*EVENTF)
- The IBM compile command must actually create an events file (by
specifying OPTION(*EVENTF)
- In RSE (or iSeries Projects), you must define your command as a
Compile command

The last step is accomplished by:
- right-clicking on a source member of the type you will use your
command with (i.e. RPGLE)
- hover over menu option "Compile" until the menu expands
- click on "Work with Compile Commands..."
- Give your command a name (label) and specify the command syntax
(similar to how PDM works with variables)
- click on "Create"
- close the window

Now your command is available as a "Compile" command, just like
CRTRPGMOD or any other create command currently is and will return the
events file information to the iSeries Error List window.

If your command processing program executes the compile command by first
"building" the command in a variable, then using QCMDEXC to execute it,
you will need to do one additional step in your CPP:
- update the first 20 bytes of the *LDA (yes, the local data area) with
             - (bytes  1-10) source library
             - (bytes 11-20) source member name

That's it.  Hope that helps anyone interested.

Bruce Guetzkow
Information Services Director
United Credit Service, Inc.
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