Re: external *PRTF (was: RE: 'ILE RPG' or 'RPG IV' . What's the difference!!!)

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jim,

A phrase about Grannies and eggs springs to mind here.  I knew that hence the 
statement 
"You said the object had been moved but the source hadn't?"  It is always much 
harder to 
find moved source -- not quite as hard as finding deleted source but fairly 
close.

Your earlier note about compiler tools is flawed also.  The only reason all the 
components of a Project are together is 'cause that's how you set it up.  If I 
sneak on 
to your system and move half the stuff from one project to another you are 
going to have 
to search for it just the same.

You can take a horse to water but a pencil must be lead ....
        no, that isn't right
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink!
        That's the one.

Although now I am reminded of the joke about getting camels to take on extra 
water for a 
long desert trip .... Nah, can't tell that one here!

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»
«» FlyByNight Software         AS/400 Technical Specialists       «»
«» Eclipse the competition - run your business on an IBM AS/400.  «»
«»                                                                «»
«» Phone: +61 3 9419 0175      Mobile: +61 0411 091 400           «»
«» Fax:   +61 3 9419 0175      mailto: shc@flybynight.com.au      «»
«»                                                                «»
«» Windoze should not be open at Warp speed.                      «»
«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»
//--- forwarded letter -------------------------------------------------------
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; I)
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:04:49 -0700
> From: "Jim Langston" <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: external *PRTF (was: RE: 'ILE RPG' or 'RPG IV' . What's the 
>difference!!!)

> 
> Actually, Simon, that will tell you where the source was when the
> print file was originally compiled, not where it may have gotten
> moved to since then.  Though, I agree, it is much more likely for
> the display file object to move then the source file object, I have
> seen it happen on my system.
> 
> But, yes, it is partly a change management issue, but one I do not
> have to deal with if I don't use print files.  There is just not enough
> advantage, as I see it, in external print files to justify the additional
> overhead involved.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Langston

+---
| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---