Re: Creating a Product Definition

[Dave Murvin <davem@xxxxxxxx>]

At 03:10 AM 3/24/2001, you wrote:
>Does anyone know the format of the full product ID generated by specifying
>PRDID(*SER) on the CRTPRDDFN command ?
>
>The System Manager Use manual describes how to use the Create Product
>Definition command CRTPRDDFN.  The manual recommends defining the Product ID
>via the special value *SER, which generates part of the Product ID using
>part of the serial number from the system on which the command is run (to
>assist in product name uniqueness).  Presumably this works great if you have
>the System Manager product installed, which I don't.  An alternative is to
>use the corresponding API QSZCRTPD.  However, the API does not support *SER
>for the product ID, so I'd like to manually construct a Product ID which
>conforms to the *SER pattern.
>Links

I went through this about 1 1/2 years ago. From what I can remember, I made 
one up that seemed to correspond (logic wise) to at least one other product 
ID from another vendor.

Rules for Product ID from info center:

Product ID. The 7-character identifier of the product for which a product 
definition is being created. The product ID must be in the format nlxxxxx, 
where n is any numeric character 0 through 9. The l is any uppercase letter 
A through Z, and x is any numeric character 0 through 9 or uppercase letter 
A through Z.

What I used was last 4 characters of my serial number (which happens to 
start with a number with the next position being a character) plus 3 more 
characters that "briefly" describes the product.  I then use the QSZCRTPD 
to create the Product Definition.

For my installation instructions, I include a note to be sure that my 
product ID (LICPGM) does not already exist for some other product. I only 
have the product installed (at no charge) at a few client sites for my own 
use at this time.  The product is licensed to prevent any temptation to 
copy the code.  If you are going to be installing in a lot of locations, 
you might want to add some sort checks for duplicate product ID in your 
installations procedures.
Dave Murvin
DRM Enterprises, Inc.
davem@drme.com

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