RE: QADBXREF & CL

[Tim McCarthy <TimM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can remember when IBM introduced the concept of security states for
objects a few years ago. Boy did that screw things up for anyone going
behind the covers to access information> Thankfully most good stuff is
now available through API's. The lesson was simple: Internal objects and
methods are subject to change without notice. If you've got alternatives
why create possible future problems. 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Teff [SMTP:jteff19@idt.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 12:34 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: QADBXREF & CL
> 
> I can remember when IBM introduced the concept of security states for
> objects a few years ago. Boy did that screw things up for anyone going
> behind the covers to access information> Thankfully most good stuff is
> now available through API's. The lesson was simple: Internal objects
> and methods are subject to change without notice. If you've got
> alternatives why create possible future problems. 
>  
> >What is wrong with the RTVMBRD command?  FILETYPE returns *DATA for a
> 
> >data file or *SRC for a source file.  And you can specify *FIRST for 
> >the member name...so unless there are no members in the file, it 
> >should work...be a lot easyier than API's and MUCH safer than going 
> >after the IBM internal xref files.
> 
> 
> Why do you say "MUCH safer than going after the IBM internal xref
> files"?
> I would think that this is the safest and fastest!
> 
> Joe Teff
> 
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