Service Program Question

["Feador, Jerry" <JFeador@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been following the subprocedure/service program thread and have a
question...

I've been learning Service Programs,
wrote a test one,
successfully used it in a program,
changed the subprocedure in the service Program,
did a create service program,
and ran the calling program again,
it picked up the changes in the service program...

Question, when do you use update service program vice create service
program?

Capt.j

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Slaney [mailto:rjslaney@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:16 AM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: ILE Question



>>can I just write a subprocedure, then within an IF statement use a
prototyped call to get the
value I need? Or do I need to put the subprocedure into a service program?
Does any bound by reference procedure need to be in a service program?

You can write a subprocedure.  You can issue a call from  an IF. Generally
subprocedures are called as 'functions' just like BIFs but you could use a
CALLP.  Bound by Reference procedures must be in a service program.  Once
you have created the service program and if the subprocedure logic changes
and is replaced, you just update the servive program...no need to recreate
the *PGM.

Bob

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