RE: MI Programming -- MIDRANGE-L

I agree that MI can be useful, but I would always look at the latest list of
APIs. I know the data queue was just an example, but there is now an API
that would allow you to read the data queue without removing the entries.

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Rich Duzenbury
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 1998 7:42 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: MI Programming


Thank you for your reply.

Of course MI only makes sense when it's the only way.  In my case, I don't
believe there are any alternatives for what I'd like to do, API or
otherwise.   One thing that I like about MI is the fact that it's available
on the all machines I normally work on while some of the newer C and ILE
languages are not.

In general, I use MI only when a job cannot be done in RPG or CL at all, or
sometimes cleanly.  As an example, some time ago I needed to view the
contents of a data queue, and no mechanism was available.  Certainly I could
have pulled each entry off the queue, and then re-inserted it, but that
caused sequencing problems.  I could have also dumped the queue object, and
tried to interpret the spooled file.  I considered these methods messy
solutions at best.  A clean solution, IMO, was an MI program written around
MATQMSG.

So, I believe MI is still a viable and effective mechanism for solving
problems, thus my desire to be proficient.

Regards,
Rich

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Rich Duzenbury
http://rich.dyn.ml.org
http://vpsolutions.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Walden Leverich <walden@techsoftinc.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 5:58 PM
Subject: RE: MI Programming


>Rich,
>
>This question does beg the question of WHY? Most, not all but most, things
>that you used to need MI for can now be done with an API. Before you go
>digging into MI you may want to look for another way to do what you need
to.
>
>-Walden
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Rich Duzenbury
>Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 5:40 PM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: MI Programming
>
>
>I've been doing a bit of MI programming on and off for the past several
>years, but mostly just minor stuff.  I have the functional reference, the
>data area reference, as well as the old microfiche source listings from
CPF.
>A client has recently asked if I could code an MI program for him, and boy
>do I feel a little rusty.  I hadn't used my compiler in so long (remember
>Q38?), I found out it didn't work anymore.
>
>What I'm really looking for now is any kind of on-line resources related to
>MI.  Examples, code snippets, anything to get the old engine in gear again.
>Somebody out there must be posting a few of these items on the web, eh?  Or
>perhaps there is a another mailing list or news group?
>
>Thanks very much for any help or advice you can offer.
>
>Regards,
>Rich
>
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