Re: "Transferring the Source Code" in M.C.'s API Book

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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At 09:26 AM 1/30/2007, you wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> In the Appendix of Midrange Computing's book on API's, I stumbled on the
> section "Transferring the Source Code" (quoted below). Does anyone besides
> me see the irony of the instructions in point 4? In other words, "If you
> know what to do, do that now." Otherwise you are in a virtual infinite
> loop. How very IBM-documentation-ish of the author.
>
> BTW, I *do* know how to do it ...
>
> ----------------------------
> TRANSFERRING THE SOURCE CODE
> The CD-ROM includes source code for the sample programs and code snippets
> listed in Table A.1. You will need a PC and IBM?s Client Access or some
> other file-transfer utility software to transfer the source to your
> AS/400. In addition, your system will need the RPG compiler. Your system
> will also need to be on Version 4, Release 4 of the IBM Operating System,
> OS/400.
>
> To transfer the source, follow these steps:
>
> 1. Sign on to the AS/400 with a user profile that has the authority level
> of QPGMR or above.
>
> 2. If you want, create a library to contain the software on the CD-ROM.
> For example, you could call it APIBOOK for ease of identification:
> CRTLIB LIB(APIBOOK)
>
> 3. Create a source physical file called SOURCE in the library just
> created:
> CRTSRCPF APIBOOK/SOURCE RCDLEN(112) TEXT(?API Book Source Code?)
>
> 4. Transfer all of the source code on the CD-ROM to the source file you
> just created. Table A.1 lets you match the figures in the book to the
> source code.
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Darrell
>
> Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2141
> Manager, Computer Operations
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