Re: Troubles with UPDSRVPGM

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not clear why you need to use UPDSRVPGM. All the CRTSRVPGM does is binding
of the objects. Takes almost nothing.

Also, have you considered using mine or Scott's make tool? I don't think
you can do ILE development without a make tool. Here is an example of what
I put in the header of a service program.

 *_> DLTSRVPGM SRVPGM(@5/@4)
 *_> CRTSRVPGM  SRVPGM(@5/@4) +
 *_>   MODULE(XVACTJ_M01 XVACTJ_M02 XVACTJ_M03) +
 *_>   SRCFILE(@2/@1) SRCMBR(XVACTJ_B) +
 *_>   TEXT('Active Jobs Functions') +
 *_>   BNDDIR(ILBNDDIR) OPTION(*DUPPROC) +
 *_>   ACTGRP(CRENGLAND)

You will find the make tool at www.think400.dk/downloads.htm under COMPILE.

Also, I hear that you creating modules and then binding to multiple service
programs. I hope not. If you are doing this, something is very wrong.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Koester, Michael <mkoester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Before I get too far into creating production objects without
understanding what I'm doing, I need help with something pretty
fundamental: Like how to update a module and not have to recompile the
world after doing so.  Or at least knowing what steps ensure that the new
object will be used across the application.
> I've created some RPG-ILE and SQLRPG modules, and created a service
program that "contains" them by listing each module in the MODULES
parameter on the CRTSRVPGM command.  I created a binding directory that
lists each module.  I then created a test program (with an H-spec
specifying the BNDDIR) to call a few of those modules. I compiled and
tested the test program. So far so good.
> I modified some logic (without changing the interface) in one of the
called modules, recreated the module object, and saw that the module was
updated in the BNDDIR.  I used UPDSRVPGM to get that change registered in
the service program.  I signed off my session that I was testing in (per
suggestions from midrange archives), and signed back on to verify that the
changes would appear when I ran my test program.
> The test program appears to use the former copy of the module.
> I've been very deliberate about putting all the objects in the same
library, and restricting my library lists, so I think it's more a matter of
my not understanding what I need to do and how I need to do it.
> If I recompile the test program, the new copy is called, but I was hoping
that wouldn't be necessary.  I'm hoping to have these modules available to
many other programs without going through that.  I've not messed with
binder language yet, but again, I haven't made any changes to the interface.
> Our CSM is home-grown (circa 1992) and knows nothing of ILE stuff. And
there's no chance of getting a commercial product to replace it here in my
lifetime.
> OS is at 7.1
>
> Thanks.
> Michael Koester
>
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