Re: New Opcodes - %SETCELL

[John P Carr <jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Check the midrange magazine ads.  There was a company that would allow 
>you to call, from an RPG program, their program.  Parameters included 
>location of spreadsheet in the IFS, row, column and value and maybe others.

>Darn if I can remember the name of the product.  Last time I looked at it
was 
>early 1993.
>The problem with a generic function provided by IBM is that 1)  Lotus would

>be preferred over Excel, 2) Version support.  I get enough returned emails,

>"Can you save that to an earlier version of Excel?"

Ok,  My last post on the subject.   With great risk that I will be 
again misconstrued.   You programmer types are so Logical(xSTJ types).

I used the example of %GETCELL as an example (Only) of different
"Types" of built-in functions we should be asking for. 

 My main point was for greater affinity to Stream Files and the IFS.
A very small percentage of the programming public know how to 
use API's or know what a C  #include means,  or how to code a 
service program for that matter.   (I know what you're thinking 
"Its not so tough,  I did it,  Let them eat cake") . 

With the other threads on IBM documentation,  I not that hopeful 
of IBM providing a catalog of examples (In RPGIV) on how to 
use/find/decipher API's and their use within RPG.

I'm probably wrong but I thought that if the language provided 
some mechinisms for using Stream files( .NSF, .CSV.  , 
 .XLS, etc  type files )    Natively in the language. 
"The average" programmer just might be able to use them. 

 The IFS is getting bigger and more commonly used everyday.

John Carr


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