Re: User Spaces

[Joel Cochran <jrc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, then this definitely has some possibilities.   To make this more
flexible, maybe I'll populate static arrays and use %lookups to find the
requested option.  This way I don't have to manage data structures and
such for every little change, the SRVPGM should be able to handle these
changes dynamically.

I've never used STATIC in RPG before but I understand what it does. 
That being said, I thought I understood Activation Groups and I totally
drew a blank when this came up 

*sigh*

Thanks!

Joel
http://www.rpgnext.com

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:22, Buck wrote:
> > I like the static variable idea, and I love service
> > programs, but will the service program be tied
> > to the particular job? If I have 20 users on
> > the system at once I have to be assured that the
> > static variables they are accessing are unique to them.
> 
> Yes.  An activation group is a subdivision of one particular job's memory,
> not a subdivision of the system's memory.  Let's say you called your AG AUT.
> Every job running these programs would create an activation group named AUT
> in that job (just like creating library QTEMP in that job).  So any
> variables created in AG(AUT) are unique to that job, just as any objects
> created in QTEMP are unique to that job.
>   --buck
> 
> 
> 
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