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

It complies over the file named in the f-spec.

The EXTFILE keyword only comes into play at run time to determine which file
is actually opened for I/O.

HTH,
Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelson Smith [mailto:ncsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:51 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101
> 
> 
> How do you tell the compiler what file to compile the program against?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:35 AM
> Subject: RE: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >     Eval    fileToOpen = FmtText('%s/%s' : %trimR(MyLib) : 
> %TrimR(MyLib))
> >
> > Not Rockescience at all.
> > -Bob
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Joep Beckeringh
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:28 AM
> > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) was RE: More ILE 101
> >
> > Bob Cozzi wrote:
> >
> > > Joep,
> > > You can supply the file name and library as variables, 
> just declare a
> > > variable as a data structure and break it apart; it's RPG 
> IV, not Rocket
> > > Science.
> > > On another note, if you use EXTFILE and/or EXTMBR 
> remember that THESE
> ARE
> > > NOT OVERRIDES. They are direct opens of the specific 
> file/member. So you
> > > don't get the same side-effects as issuing an OVRDBF 
> command. That is,
> > > there's no SHARE(*YES) or SEQONLY(*YES) capability. Those 
> options still
> > need
> > > to be issued via an OVRDBF command.
> > > -Bob Cozzi
> >
> > Hm. You would have have to have a 21 bytes data structure 
> with a '/' in
> the
> > middle. The file would have to be USROPN because you can't 
> have entry
> > parameters
> > in a data structure. If you just need to point to a 
> different library you
> > would
> > have to fill the filename part of the data structure. There 
> is more than a
> > fine
> > line between rocket science and elegance :-)
> >
> > Joep Beckeringh
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