Re: Displaying objects in other job's QTEMP library

it all depends on what you want to do, of course.
No need to use the MI sledgehammer, if you don't need to.
----- Original Message -----
From: Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com>
To: <mi400@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 9:19 AM
Subject: RE: [MI400] Displaying objects in other job's QTEMP library


> >you don't want to mess with the changing your job,
> >you can just copy the pointer and use that to after
> >the objects in the library pointed to.
>
> True. But for mere mortal programmers like me that don't want to live in
> MI-land all the time, it would be easier to call 'Adopt QTEMP':
>
> ADPQTEMP (123456/USER/JOB)
>
> Which would drop me at a command prompt. From here I could use the 'normal'
> OS/400 commands to work with qtemp. Things like 'WRKOBJPDM' and 'DSPLIB'
and
> even call programs that use objects in QTEMP. I know I could screw up the
> other job, but I as the programmer should take that responsibility.
>
> This 'command prompt' would have a exit handler that would reset the QTEMP
> pointer so I can't screw up things.
>
> -Walden
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@leif.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 19:05
> To: mi400@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: [MI400] Displaying objects in other job's QTEMP library
>
>
> From: Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com>
> > I'm sure I know the answer to this (you can't) but... Could you change
> > the address of "your" QTEMP pointer in the WCB (and elsewhere?) to the
> > address of another QTEMP and then you would have access to that QTEMP
> > as if it was yours?
>
> you don't want to mess with the changing your job, you can just copy the
> pointer and use that to after the objects in the library pointed to.
>
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