RE: Encapsulation - Service Programs, Procedures, SQL, LDA, etc.

If you want to add F specs to the procedure, define them globally. In
other words, before the PR line.

*********************************************************************
* PURPOSE OF PROGRAM: TO RETRIEVE THE CUSTOMER NAME FROM THE CUSTOMER
* MASTER FILE.
*
**********************************************************************
* FILES USED IN PROGRAM.
**********************************************************************
FBLLCUST1 IF E K DISK USROPN
**********************************************************************
* PROTOTYPE FOR PROCEDURE
**********************************************************************
D RTVCUSTNAM PR 35
D CUSTOMER_NUMBER...
D 8


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message: 2
date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:19:37 -0800 (PST)
from: nike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Re: Encapsulation - Service Programs, Procedures, SQL, LDA,
etc.

When I asked the question I did not expect you to write a
whole article on the subject :)

In reading through the article, I see one thing I had not
considered.
Currently our service programs consist of nothing but
exported procedures. No F-Specs at all. You cannot add an
F-Spec to a procedure and I had not really considered adding
F-Specs to the Service Program source member before the procedures...

That is something we will explore for future use.

Thanks!