Re: RPG program looping when run for PC

Hi 
Client Access is just an emulation of the 5250 dumb terminals. Your RPG program 
is ignorant of the PC environment. Essentially it is still running in 5250 
session.

What I would look for in a program that old are date issues. Particularly if 
dates were reversed using the 10000.0001 operation.

Also when it loops, check the stack in wrkactjob for that program. It will give 
you a clue as to what statement its looping on.


Regards
Faizulla Khan

In a message dated 3/17/2004 12:03:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
WJMoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> 
> 
> Ladies & Gentlemen / Boys & Girls -- 
> A little back ground before I ask my questions.  We have an invoicing program 
> that has been running since 1998. It was written in RPG III. About year ago 
> we installed a PC running Client Access in the department that does the 
> invoicing.  Now, at random times the program will go into a loop. We never 
> had this problem when we were running it from a 'Green Screen" (twinax) 
> terminal.   This problem has happened as offer as a couple of times a week or 
> can go months with no problem. If they signoff (back to a signon screen) then 
> back on and run the invoicing program, it runs fine.  It seems that the more 
> the PC side is used, the more chances of the loop happening. 
> Questions:
>    1)  Does anyone have any ideals on what might be going on?
>    2)  I have never used the IBM Debug on a program.  Can someone help with 
> setting up an IBM Debug on this program when the loop happens again.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> William...
> 
> 
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