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Version 9.0 of Hawkeye's Patherfinder product has "Procedure Where Used" functionality. If you have a maintenance contract, the upgrade is free (AFAIK, it was for us.) HTH, Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris_Bougher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chris_Bougher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 7:12 AM > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries > Subject: Re: Display Where Procedure Is Used > > > > Actually I don't have a need now to change the interface but > I am trying to > "sell" my shop on using service programs and this issue came > up. We use > hawkeye now to tell where a file or program is used but there > seems to be > no way to find out if a program uses a particular procedure > from a service > program. I agree that changes to the interface should be made > in such a way > to minimize the impact on the system but if the change must be used by > current users of the procedure then backwards compatibility > would not be > wise. From what I can tell so far, searching the source > appears to be the > most reliable method. Any information you have or can point > me towards to > assist my selling efforts would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Chris Bougher > > > > > > > Scott Klement > > > <klemscot@klements To: RPG > programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > .com> cc: > > > Sent by: Subject: Re: > Display Where Procedure Is Used > > rpg400-l-bounces@m > > > idrange.com > > > > > > > > > 03/31/2004 04:23 > > > PM > > > Please respond to > > > RPG programming on > > > the AS400 / > > > iSeries > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Chris, > > > Is there a way to tell what programs use a procedure in a service > program? > > Personally, I'm a proponent of the "new way" of handling > things, which is > to make sure that service programs are ALWAYS backward compatible. In > that situation, you never have to search out and find where > each proc is > used. If you're interested in this approach, give me a bit > more detail on > what's changing in your interface, and I'll suggest how you > might do it in > a backward-compatible manner. > > However, if you do want to do it the "old-fashioned" way and > change/recompile every program that uses the service program, the > FNDSTRPDM utility can be used to search the source code > that's stored in > source PFs, and QShell's grep utility can be used to search > source files > stored in the IFS. (Though, grep also works on source PFs, I prefer > FNDSTRPDM) > > > > We have a service program with multiple procedures and > would like to be > > able to get a list of programs that use one of the > procedures to change > the > > interface without having to look through all the programs > that reference > > the service program. > > This isn't any different from changing the size of fields in > an externally > defined file. You need to search out where these procedures > are called, > modify the code to use the new interface, and recompile the programs. > > If you're going to break backward compatibility, I recommend > making sure > that the service program's signature changes as well, so that > if you miss > any programs they won't run (just like a record format level > check on a > file) > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) > mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) > mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. >
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