RE: Data Areas in RPG and QCMDEXC

[Marco Facchinetti <facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>]

In V5R2 is possible to define the data area name (and
library) at runtime.

This is from RPG reference:

Enhanced data area access
The DTAARA keyword is enhanced to allow the name and
library of the data
area to be determined at runtime

HTH
Marco
--- Peter Connell <Peter.Connell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I would suggest that it is worth considering the fact
> that the ILE environment permits you to eliminate calls
> to OPM programs such as Qcmdexc. Instead you can simply
> put the necessary code in a CL program and compile it as
> CLLE module instead of an executable program. The CLLE
> module can then be compiled into any application program
> using it's parameter list as standard interface. This
> option lets you take advantage of all the flexiblity the
> a CL program provides while benefiting from the
> performance offered by a bound call. 
> 
> Peter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malchow, Grizzly
> [mailto:GMalchow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:27 AM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Data Areas in RPG and QCMDEXC
> 
> 
> I run a CRTDTAARA command with QCMDEXC. I'm able to
> create the data area
> with no problems. The thing I'm not sure about is will I
> be able to
> access the data area from other RPG programs. How can I
> access a data
> area in RPG if I don't define the data area first? The
> data area is
> temporary and the name is a concatenation of the user
> name and job
> number. If I need to I can simply use a CL program and I
> think I will be
> ok, but I was just curious if it is possible in RPG.
> 
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