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  3. April 2004

Re: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Have you thought about newer versions of RPGLE where you can use USROPN and EXTFILE keywords on your F spec?

Rob Berendt

Well, USROPN is not that new; even RPG III had it (UC somewhere in the F-spec). Besides, using QCMDEXC from within RPG for issueing an override is not much use without USROPN (unless you do it for a call to another program). As for EXTFILE: so far I have not made much use of it. Most overrides in our applications fall in two categories: SHARE(*YES) for OPNQRYF and MBR(&USRID) for multi-member work files. For the first category EXTFILE is no use; for the second category we could use EXTMBR when we pass &USRID as a parameter. The debate about that one is still on :-) Apart from that I find the syntax of EXTFILE cumbersome; it is a pity you can't supply filename and library as separate parameters.

Joep Beckeringh

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