AW: program won't let go of file

["Birgitta Hauser" <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LR in RPGIII is not the same as LR in RPGIV.

In RPGIV it depends on the activation group if the program is completely
removed or not.
As long as the activation group in which the program runs is active, your
program is in the memory.
A RPGIV program running in the default activation group cannot be removed,
because it is not possible to reclaim the default activation group.

Instead of moving LR on, you need to run your RPGIV program in a named
activation group and reclaim this activation group instead of executing LR. 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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Von: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von David FOXWELL
Gesendet: Tuesday, 07. September 2010 16:06
An: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Betreff: program won't let go of file

Hi all,

 
Our RPG OPM's always had a parameter ReturnType so that we could instruct
them to return with either RT or LR on. At the end of processing, the caller
would use a cleanup routine to call all the programs that had been
activated. The called programs would then just set on LR and end. 

For some reason unbeknown to me, this method was not used with RPGIV
programs. 

Now, this (simplified)situation has "evolved" :

PGM1(CLP)
	PGM2(RPGIII)
		PGM3(RPGIII)
			PGM4(RPGIV)
				PGM5(RPGIV Converted from RPGIII)

Everything is running in DFTACTGRP.

When PGM2 is finished, it will call PGM3 with ReturnType to tell it to
switch on LR and return. PGM4 does not have this facility and always returns
with LR off. As it does not know what PGM3 is doing, it never calls PGM5 to
tell it to set on its LR indicator and its files stay open. 

On returning to PGM1, I need PGM5 to be freed up. A file it uses is staying
open. The boss says to issue a call from PGM2 or PGM3 to PGM5 to get it to
switch on LR. I don't know if that would even work, would it? Even if it
did, there are other RPGIV called by PGM5 that would probably give the same
problem. How do I get out of this mess? 


TIA.