RE: Pointer not set for location referenced.

  Scott,

  Since I know that I am not calling a RCLRSC, it would not surprise me it
  MAPICS is doing it somewhere in their job stream.  I will try changing my
  program(s) to a named activation group and see if that solves the

  Thanks...

  Eric

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    From:  Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Reply-To:  RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
    <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    To:  RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject:  RE: Pointer not set for location referenced.
    Date:  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:04:58 -0500 (CDT)
    >
    >Actually, *CALLER is much more likely to exhibit problems than a named
    >activation group is.
    >
    >My guess (well, stab in the dark, really) as to what your problem is...
    >You're running a servie program in *CALLER and calling it from the
    default
    >activation group.   Somewhere along the line, a program is doing a
    RCLRSC
    >command, and since RCLRSC doesn't understand service programs, it's
    >closing the files, but keeping the service program itself in
    memory.  When
    >it's used again, the srvpgm is horribly confused because nothing
    notified
    >it that the files were going to be closed.
    >
    >---
    >Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com
    >
    >
    >On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Eric Wolf wrote:
    >
    > >   Eric,
    > >
    > >   For one of the programs, I am using a named activation group.  For
    the
    > >   modules that seem to be having the problem (which are in the
    service
    > >   program), I am using *CALLER with a Shared AG(*NO).
    > >
    > >   I was thinking along the same lines that maybe somewhere a
    RCLACTGRP was
    > >   being called but I not using that command anywhere.  We are
    running MAPICS
    > >   ERP software which (primarily) is not written in ILE.
    > >
    > >   I was thinking of changing the one program from the named AG to
    *CALLER.
    > >
    > >   Eric
    > >
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