RE: Activation groups for beginners

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm going with *New for each program called from the menu.  All service
programs will be *caller.  Menu options calling OPM CL driver remains as-is
(no need to convert CLP to CLLE), though any ILE RPG called from the CL
should be *New.  Management is concerned with group jobs and activation
groups, as our menu system allows most users to open their most common
options for access on demand (ATTN key to select group job tasks).  I have
seen no problems with this so far.....

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Sr. Programmer/Analyst
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Jade Richtsmeier [mailto:jade.richtsmeier@mcis.cog.mn.us]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:26 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Activation groups for beginners


For interactive programs, should an AG be active for the life of the job, or
should an AG start and end with a menu option (which means, clean up the AG
when returning to the menu)?  It came back from Fall COMMON 2001, to use an
activation group for as long as the user is signed on the system and delete
the AG when the user signs off.  What's the best way to handle it?

It was also recommended at COMMON to NEVER mix OPM and ILE, so we've avoided
the situation.  But, from what I've read in this thread, others are doing it
without any significant problems - as long as a NAG (QILE) or *NEW is used
when the ILE program is called.  I guess never say never.

Jade Richtsmeier

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