Re: ILE procedure Question

 >> What should be a service program vs a bound module etc etc etc.

Simple rule of thumb.  If the procedure has a one-to-one relationship with its
caller then keep it as a module and bind by copy.  If the procedure has a
one-to-many relationship with its callers (as is your case) then put it in a
service program and bind by reference.

 >> I would like to have a compile option in PDM so that programmers can
automatically use these functions.

First thing to do is to create a Binding Directory and record the name of your
service program(s) there. Now you can either tell the programmers to always
reference the binding directory or create a PDM option (mine is called MC - My
Compile) that does a CRTBNDRPG which specifies DFTACTGRP(*NO) and references the
binding directory and includes debug preferences etc.

If you are on V4R2 or later you also have the option of embedding the DFTACTGRP
and binding directory references in the H spec for the program. I suggest
starting each program with a /COPY StdHSpec that spells this out. This way if
the programmers take PDM option 14 it will still work OK.


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