RE: how to let my program sleep a while

[Scott Mildenberger <Smildenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also usually put the constants in the prototype /copy member.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul cunnane [SMTP:paul@cunnane.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 2:52 AM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: how to let my program sleep a while
> 
> This raises an interesting question.  If I was coding this, I would tend
> to
> use symbolic constants (I don't trust string literals):
> 
>     D   FOR       C               0
>     D   UNTIL     C               1
> 
>     C   CallP  Sleep(FOR '00:30:00')
> 
> The question is, how do I make these constants available to the client of
> a
> service program?  I can't EXPORT a CONST from a module.
> 
> The workaround I have used is to code the constant declarations into the
> /COPY member with the prototypes, which makes them available to both the
> service program and the client.  Is there a better way?
> 
> --
> Paul
> 
> 
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