Re: Adding to a Service Program

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

It all depends on how it was created... with binder language or not.  Do
you know if that's the case?

If it was created using Binder Language, then you can create a new set of
bindings with a new signature, and the programs that aren't recompiled will
continue to use the old signature.

Example:

First you had:

STRPGMEXP  SIGNATURE('v1.0')
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc1)
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc2)
ENDPGMEXP

Now you create proc3 and change your binder language to:

STRPGMEXP  SIGNATURE('v2.0')
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc1)
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc2)
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc3)
ENDPGMEXP

STRPGMEXP  SIGNATURE('v1.0')  PGMLVL(*PRV)
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc1)
EXPORT     SYMBOL(proc2)
ENDPGMEXP

Any program compiled will use the new signature, and old ones will use the
old one.

But, if you created your service program using EXPORT(*ALL) then you may
have issues and now would be a good time to learn how to use binder
language.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 8:08 AM Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm a newbie to service programs.  If I have an existing service program
> that is in use, how do I add a new module to it?  Do I have to rebuild it
> from scratch?  If so, does that mean that I have to rebind all current
> programs that are using the service program?
>
> Rich Loeber
> Kisco Systems LLC
> https://www.kisco.com
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