RE: Function Opinion

["Johnson, Duane" <djohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

  Basically, a binding directory is updated every time it is changed.
Currently, the only way to change one, is to use the ADDBNDDIRE, RMVBNDDIRE
and DSPBNDDIRE commands.
  It always seemed to me that the main reason for not having a binding
directory for each program was that it was such a pain to add or remove a
module or service program from said directory.  It was much easier to add
everything, including the kitchen sink, to one directory and then reference
that directory from the CRTPGM command.  
  I decided to make that job easier, ergo the program to update a binding
directory.  This means that I can add or remove modules or service programs
online, simply by adding a name, type and location to a blank line or lines,
(and I start with 16 blank lines per screen) or by clearing out a line or
lines, and even sort them alphabetically if I want to.  (Never used that
function, I once read somewhere that you always want to have the main module
first, and I've never wanted to test that theory.  Although now that I think
about it, that really can't be true, or the single binding directory for
many programs wouldn't work)

Duane

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Cochran [mailto:jrc@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:00 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Function Opinion

On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 16:00, Johnson, Duane wrote:
> Yes, good point, I forgot to mention that I wrote a program that makes
> updating a binding directory possible.


I have to claim stupidity at this point, I have no idea what you mean by
updating a binding directory.  A binding directory is a list of Modules
and Service programs.  At compile time, if referenced, a module reads
through the binding directory to find procedures it references.  That's
all a binding directory does, so updating/changing a binding directory
has no impact on any existing module/procedure/program.

Joel
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