Re: Creating a service program

[Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Simon,

I really was not worried about it, more curious than anything .  We have been 
building service programs and adding new modules to them for a very short time. 
 The whole re-compile thingy is growing to be a pain so I am playing with 
binder source.  I could see the service programs having modules added on a 
weekly basis as the other programmers come up to speed in ILE.  We could 
potentially have several layer of the previous module list which would grow 
long and ugly fast.  I wonder how well Hawkeye will cross reference this for us 
and handle a mass re-compile?  Need to investigate tomorrow.

Your response has help more than hours of reading on service programs and 
binder source in IBM manuals.  You know those virtual thingys that keep getting 
moved around with every new release.  I will retain this response for future 
reference if Hawkeye does not track service programs reference.  I need to look 
at that more too.

If only our company quit growing so fast I might be able to catch up on new 
techniques.  (Ok a good place to be.)  

I will be in Las Vegas for a 3 day seminar to learn more about the ILE 
environment.  Till then I will be monitoring / posting to this list, my BEST 
source of knowledge to date.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Coulter" <shc@flybynight.com.au>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: Creating a service program

If you just alter the code (implementation) without altering the public 
interface (proc 
name, parm types and attributes) the signature will not change.

The QBNLPGMI API with format PGMI0200 will list the service programs and 
signature used 
by a program

The QBNLSPGM API with format SPGL0800 will list the signatures for the service 
program.

You could use either of these methods to build a cross-reference.  ALthough 
really, why 
would you care?  Previous signatures don't really occupy much space in the 
compiled 
object and once they are *PRV they never need maintenance.  They just sit at 
the end of 
the binder source and can be ignored.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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