Re: Software or API?

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

DSPPGMREF will show the format level identifiers used in the record formats
referenced by a program. You can do that to an outfile and then use that as
a base to access the files (DSPFD) and get the file's format level
identifier. I'm sure there are APIs that do this. And no doubt there's a
TAATOOL to do that too.

On 5/23/06, jlowary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <jlowary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a software package or even an API that could be used
> to find from the object of the program what the "Level Check ID" would be
> for files and then be able to check the object description of the files
> and see if a program would need to be recompiled?
>
> Reason being is we have a vendor package where only custom and our own
> mods are in our change management system, but  if the vendor makes a
> change to a base file (not in CMS) then we have programs that have no
> other changes and they fall "thru the cracks" so to speak until they are
> run.  Then we know big time about the Level Check.
>
> I don't off hand remember anything like this and don't remember any API's
> that can do this, but that doesn't' mean squat.
>
> Thanks for any recommendations or suggestions you can make.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Jim
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