Re: [MI400] MI replacement for QMHRTVM API

[Thomas Raddatz <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Is it possible to get a copy of your code? Is it also possible to let me know 
how to switch the program to system state?

I really would appreciate it.

Thomas Raddatz.


Bob Cozzi schrieb:
> I wrote this utility some ten years ago. Recently I needed it again and
> tried to compile the C code. I got it to compile but was not allowed to
> access the MSGF object due to the fact the program was not a system-state
> program. IBM recommended that I switch mine to using the API that you
> mentioned--but I just didn't bother. I mean a message file is nothing more
> than an independent index object with the MSGID as the key to the index. 
> I do have the C code, but again, it doesn't "work" anymore. :(
>
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
> - Mario Andretti
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mi400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mi400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Thomas Raddatz
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 1:45 PM
> To: MI400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [MI400] MI replacement for QMHRTVM API
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for a fast replacement for the QMHRTVM API. Probably one of you
> MI 
> guys can help me.
>
> I need a fast solution to search for a message help text (no second level
> text). 
> The utility that I have written and that we use in our company uses the
> QMHRTVM 
> API. However it is somewhat slow. Spinning, let us say 20 times, through
> 8000+ 
> message descriptions takes some minutes.
>
> I would greatly appreciate an utility (or snip of code) that can search a 
> message file for a given message text faster. The utility should return the 
> message ID. It would be great if there was an option to ignore case or not.
>
> Of course I could try to figure out the internal structure of a message file
> and 
> then search the associated space by RPG. But that would be a lot of work. I 
> already do that for binding directories. Probably someone wants to exchange 
> code? ;-)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Thomas Raddatz.
>
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