RE: ILE Propoganda

Not sure who this came from:

>Yes!  My job today is to update 71 RPG OPM programs.
> ........
>If this routine had been coded as an ILE procedure, all I would have to do
>is change the procedure one time, and then recompile.


Alan Addison wrote:

>If it is exactly the same in each program,  why not create a copy member and
>use that instead.   Then you only have to compile all the programs that use
>it once its changed.


That is exactly why it should be a procedure in a service program.  When you
made a change to the copy member you would have to:
1. Make one change
2. find all 71 programs that used that copy member
3. Make sure change does not create a conflicts with any variables in your 71 
programs
4. Recompile all 71 programs

If you development is done on a different box than your production box,
5. Replace all 71 programs on your production box with the recompiled versions.


With a service program you:
1. make one change
2. Recompile the service program.
3. Replace program on production box if scenario is same as above.

Regards,
Seth Shields



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