RE: Module references

These would be great H-Spec additions to your programs.  That way you don't
need to see which Binding Directories were used.  V3R7 I think is where you
could start doing this.

Bradley V. Stone
Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst   
bvstone@taylorcorp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ellen ter Hazeborg [SMTP:hazeborg@conne.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 11:24 AM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Module references
> 
> We do not develop programs for other companies, we only develop them for
> our company. If we want to make a change, eg. adding a field to a file,
> we have to do this during the night because most of the users are at
> home at that time. But we do not like working at night very much and
> therefore we have written some tools to make such changes without being
> online. These tools use several files which store information about
> database relation, program relations and, very important, the relation
> between source and object. This information we get by using DSPPGMREF
> and DSPPGM etc. But we do not get any information about how a program
> with a module has to be compiled ! For that reason we want to get the
> bind directory to do the compilation.
> 
> I hope I could explain the reasons (English is not my mother tongue as
> you already have guessed).
> 
> Cheers, Ellen
> 
> 
> Stone, Brad V (TC) schrieb:
> > 
> > What would be the purpose of seeing what Binding Directory was used
> during
> > complilation?  The BD is only used during compile time, and could change
> > after your compile (ie you could add or remove SPs and MODs from/to it).
> > 
> > Bradley V. Stone
> > Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst
> > bvstone@taylorcorp.com
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Buck Calabro/commsoft [SMTP:mcalabro@commsoft.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 6:46 AM
> > > To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > > Subject:      Re: Module references
> > >
> > > On 02/01/99 03:47:44 PM Ellen ter Hazeborg  wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have got the following problem: (I think it's vice versa)
> > > >We normally compile our programs with CRTBNDRPG, because we only use
> a
> > > >few modules. How do I get the bind directory from a module I use in a
> > > >program ? With DSPPGM I only get the information about the modules in
> my
> > > >program, but I do not get any information about the bind directory.
> > > >Does your tool solve this problem too ? If so, do you know how it
> gets
> > > >the information ?
> > >
> > > Not at this time... I don't think IBM provides information on what
> binding
> > >
> > > directory was used to create a program.  I will run a few tests and
> check
> > > the IBM API's...
> > >
> > > Buck Calabro
> > > CommSoft, Albany, NY
> > > mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net
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