Re: Service programs and QSRVSRC

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Glad I could help.

Brian May
Project Lead
Management Information Systems
Garan, Incorporated
Starkville, Mississippi

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Now that's a *really* good tip! I've been writing service programs for
several years (*always* using hard-coded signatures!), and it never 
occurred
to me to do this when the *SRVPGM is first created, so I always spend ages
hand-typing the exports in myself.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:55 AM, <BMay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The order the exports are exported has nothing to do with the order they
> are coded in the module.  If you hand code the original binder source, 
put
> them in what ever order you want.  If you do an export all, they will be
> alphabetical.
>
> I'm actually pretty lazy. So when I create a new service program, I
> usually compile it with an export *all, use RTVBNDSRC, change the
> signature to something generic, and then recompile the service program
> using the modified binder source.  This is much faster and less error
> prone than manually typing the binder source for a new service program.
> Especially if there are a lot of exports.
>
> Brian May
> Project Lead
> Management Information Systems
> Garan, Incorporated
> Starkville, Mississippi
>
> Young i Professionals
> http://www.youngiprofessionals.com