RE: Files left open even though they were closed?

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

I'm guessing (haven't asked contractor-buddy if he's played with this
anymore):  It appears to me that RCLRSC is behaving as it used to, closing
up PAG, files, etc, and all that.

It also appears that executing a function ***within same still-active
*ACTGRP*** (regardless of whether *InLR is *On or *Off) will behave as if
*InLR was NOT *On, wrt open files and mebbe allocation of static/automatic
storage variables and all that.  (Makes sense to me, a little.  *ACTGRP, as
implemented, doesn't always make a lotta sense as it seems
overly-complicated way of doing things, and apparently was implemented this
way to appease C developers without a whole lotta thought about how it would
effect non-C programmers, imo.)  So I'm also guessing that if 2nd pgm was
started in *NEW *ACTGRP, the files would have been closed on return (without
any regard to *InLR).

Explicit close of file would probably take care of yer problem, Brad, as
Hans said.  (Dunno if you wanna leave the 2nd pgm in an active *ACTGRP for
performance (or other) reasons, but explicit close on these specific files
would allow for that.)

jmg/o/o

| -----Original Message-----
| From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
| [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brad Stone
| Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:50 PM
| To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
| Subject: Re: Files left open even though they were closed?
|
|
| Just an update.
|
| I was able to recreate it both on a web job and in a green
| screen job.
|
| Calling RCLRSC after calling the 2nd program (the opens the
| files) does in fact close the files.
|
| Now the question is, WHY?  :)