RE: Procedure Management Procedures -- RPG400-L

That is what we do in our shop, use the binding directory.  There have been
a few issues with that but it has worked rather well otherwise.

Aaron Bartell

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Nelson [mailto:NSmith@lincare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:52 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Procedure Management Procedures


You can put multiple service programs in one binding directory and that way
you only have one entry on your compile commands.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [SMTP:jlangston@celsinc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:48 AM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Procedure Management Procedures
>
> I can see that, Scott.  What I would like to have done was include
> the GENERAL service program inside of the CARTAGE service program,
> but that doesn't seem to be doable.  But then when the General was
> updated so would the Cartage, or at least it would error out or
> something.
>
> I don't like the idea of compiling with more than one service
> program, however, and am not even sure if it's possible.  That is
> a viable alternative however I suppose.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
> Programmer/Analyst
> Cels Enterprises, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Scott Mildenberger
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:55 AM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Procedure Management Procedures
>
>
> In the example below I would create 3 different service programs.  I don't
> like th idea of a module being put into more than one service program, it
> just increases the chance that something doesn't get updated when a change
> is made.  We only bind a module into one place, it is either to a single
> program or into a service program if it is used more than one place.  As
> much as you can use bind by reference (using service programs) then it
> eliminates the chance that a program is using the wrong version of code.
>
> Scott Mildenberger
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@celsinc.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:18 PM
> > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Procedure Management Procedures
> >
> >
> > For the small service programs I had with about 25 procedures
> > total in one service program I added all 3 of my modules, in the
> > other I added 2.  The 3rd module was specific to a certain
> > application, the other 2 were generic.
> >
> > So, I had modules:
> > DATETIME (Date/Time routines)
> > SYSTEM   (System API call interfaces)
> > CARTAGE  (Specific to the Cartage application)
> >
> > Service program CARTAGE contained all 3 modules.
> > Service program GENERAL contained DATETIME and CARTAGE.
> >
> > So if I was writing a Cartage program I would use the CARTAGE
> > service program.  If I was writing any other program, I would
> > use the GENERAL service program.
> >
> > I am not sure if this is the proper way to do it, but I felt it
> > was the best at the time.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim Langston
> > Programmer/Analyst
> > Cels Enterprises, Inc.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> > Behalf Of Bill Meecham
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:49 PM
> > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Procedure Management Procedures
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > Hello All -
> > In an ILE environment what are you folks doing to manage the
> > procedures that you have created?  Do you keep all of your procedures
> > in 1 service program?  How do you track the names and what
> > they do, with notes in the prototype file?  Are you using
> > modules as well
> > as procedures in programs?  Are you using modules in procedures?
> > I'd just like to get an idea of how folks are managing these
> > things and what some of the development environment models are like.
> > Thank you!
> > Bill M
> >
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