Re: how to find which are RPG cycle programs

Even if you think it is ~not~ a cycle program, if you are using *INZSR, you
are asking the cycle to run that subroutine. And,if you do not open files
yourself, you are relying on the cycle to open them.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark A. Manske" <mmanske@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: RE: how to find which are RPG cycle programs


> To be overly technical - all are cycle programs,
> RPG of all flavors do follow the cycle -
> it depends on how the program is coded that
> determines how much of the cycle it uses.
>
> "My guess" is you are wondering how to tell
> if it uses more of the cycle than others,
> that can be seen if the program has a
> primary file (I/P, U/P or C/P) in the F spec -
> though the C/P may or may not use much of the
> cycle being it is mostly for screen files.
>
> You could find some "smarty pants" programmer
> that has a file as full procedural, yet uses
> the cycle completely (I have seen this done -
> why, I don't ask)
>
> Hope this answers your question some.
>
> Mark A. Manske
>