Yeah, that would be real frustrating.  I feel your pain.
Paul 
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Birgitta Hauser
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:12 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: How to call a RPG program from a RPG program?
A new way to call a RPG program from a different RPG program!
I found the following code snippet this morning in a program written in April 2012!!!
Both programs are written in RPGIV!!!
Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgh!
 
D DW_System       PR            10i 0                                     
d  cmd                        2048    varying value                       
 
D dsallpf         ds                  qualified 
D   fil                         10A
D   lib                         10A 
...
/Free
          dw_system('CALL PGM(DSYUNIQUE) PARM('''+           
             dsallpf.fil+''' '''+    
             dsallpf.lib+''' ''0'')');       
...                
 /End-Free
P DW_System       B                                                 
 *                                                                        
D DW_System       PI            10i 0                                     
d  cmd                        2048    varying value                       
                                                                         
d cmdval          s           2046    based(cmdval_p)                     
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------
c                   eval      cmdval_p=%addr(cmd)+2                       
c                   eval      cmdlen=%len(cmd)                            
c                   call      'QCMDEXC'                            50   
c                   parm                    cmdval                      
c                   parm                    cmdlen           15 5       
c   50              return    -1                                        
c                   return    0                                        
P DW_System       e                                                     
 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
 
Birgitta Hauser
 
"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
"What is worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them and keeping them!"
 
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