That is the command out of Craig's tools that I use the most. Ever time
I go into a legacy program I convert *ENTRY.
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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
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To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Converting *ENTRY & PLIST to free format
Booth
How about a tool that just does it - and you get source code to study?
Go to
http://www.jcrcmds.com
That is Craig Rutledge' site, and he has a command called JCR4PROTO that
does the conversion for you.
It actually goes a step further than many would, by using variables for
the procedure name, as I recall - worth taking a look.
And it's free!
The basic process, though? You need a prototype (in earlier releases) of
your program. Make the parameters of the prototype match what is in your
*ENTRY PLIST.
Then you need a PI - the procedure interface. I almost always put this
right before the calculations - /free or fixed, it's the same.
Then comment out or delete the *ENTRY PLIST.
Basically you are declaring a procedure - it happens to be the MAIN
procedure. Its name has to be the same as the program name.
HTH
Vern
On 6/19/2013 4:39 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
Converting *ENTRY & PLIST to free format.
Are there some simple examples, tutorials, and explanations on
replacing *ENTRY? I am having trouble understanding the process.
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