RE: Naming Conventions on Your Programs

Our convention follows the form of 

        AAA B CCC D EE

Where   AAA = Major module identifier (e.g. SYS)
        B   = Object Type (e.g. R=RPG, C=CL, S=DSPF, etc)
        CCC = Three digit numeric sequence (000-999)
        D   = Alpha-numeric extender for PF/LF or "M" for Modules
        EE  = Two digit sequence for Modules

For any existing OPM programs, the "B" is retained in the program name
whilst for ILE programs it is removed.  So, for example, SYSR001 would be an
OPM RPG program, whilst modules SYSC001M01, SYSR001M02 and SYSR001M03 would
create ILE program SYS001.  Module M01 is always the entry point for an ILE
program.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Brian Piotrowski
Sent: 22 February 2006 19:33
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Naming Conventions on Your Programs

Hi All,

 

I wanted to take a quick poll as to how you name your programs in your
shop.  Currently, our parent company names the programs based on their
operation.  All programs were formatted as such:

 

SS + 3 digit number + Program Type (ie: R for RPG, D for DDS, etc.)

 

So we had names such as SS112R, SS112D, etc.  We did originally have
"SP" programs but post-conversion these programs became "SS" (not
exactly sure why this is done - it has always been SOP in our
programming departments).

 

I'm trying to move away from this practice of using SSxxx because any
new programmer coming into the company will not know what these programs
do.  They will need to spend time reviewing the source code to
understand what is happening.

 

I'm of the mindset to name our programs with something more meaningful.
For example, if we have a program that creates master packing lists, I
would probably name it CRTMPLR and it's DDS/PRTR files CRTMPLD and
CRTMPLP respectively.

 

I do wish that the AS/400 would accept file names larger than it's
current limitations.  It would be nice to be able to name a program
"Create Master Packing List" instead of trying to do it shorthand.

 

What is your shop's policy for naming files?

 

Thanks!

 

Brian.

 

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