Re: DSPOBJD "Last Used Date" field

["Gallagher, Debbie (CA - Toronto)" <dgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al:

USE of an object will also include Querying a file or Displaying a file -
e.g. WRKF, then display the contents will also update the Last Used Date, or
DSPPFM. In addition, if I remember correctly, if you CRTDUPOBJ or CPYF from
a file, the Last Used Date is also updated.

You could check, but I think the other scenario you describe, where the file
is used at compile time and never again, would not update the Last Used Date
on the file - because of the override, a different file is actually being
used and ITs Last Used Date would be updated.

However, a diligent cleaner-upper should not get rid of that master file
that is used just for compiles. This is the reason that I always had
programmers review lists of Unused Objects to determine if they could be
deleted or not - it was not safe to rely completely on the Date - it is just
a guideline to determine what should be printed on a list for review.

Debbie Gallagher
dgallagher@deloitte.ca

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From: MacWheel99@aol.com

I could be wrong, but I have been operating on the assumption that USE of an

object relates to the addition of records, updating, and deletion.

Consider a scenario in which an object is used in definition for program 
compile, but every place that program is called, there is an over-ride 
statement calling for the actual use of some other object ... would the act 
of using an object for program layout definition be considered "used" by 
DSPOBJD?

Al Macintyre

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