RE: making changes in service programs visible to caller without rebi nding

Joel,

        I too ran into this and discovered the following.  What happens is
this, depending on how you create your programs the service programs are
either bound by copy or by reference.  If they are bound by copy then
updates to the service programs don't affect the calling programs until they
are re-bound.  If they are bound by reference then any update to the service
programs is seen by the calling programs.  I used to create my programs
(that call the service program) with CRTBNDRPG and a binding directory.
This bound by copy.  I changed to using CRTRPGMOD and then CRTPGM and
specifying  the service programs under the BNDSRVPGM parameter.  This binds
by reference and therefore service program changes are seen by the calling
programs.  Someone else may understand this better and provide more insight
but I know that all our programs now see service program changes without
rebinding.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Fritz [SMTP:JFritz@sharperimage.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 1:51 PM
> To:   'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      making changes in service programs visible to caller without
> rebi nding
> 
> I've been laboring under the misconception that you could change a service
> program and not have to rebind it to the programs that call it to see the
> results of any changes you made as long as you don't change the interface.
> It galls me to say it, but I'm wrong.
> 
> What do you need to do with binder language to make this happen?  
> 
> Joel Fritz x1568
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