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Yeah, somehow Brian & I continued our discussion in private e-mail.
(Not sure why it wasn't on the list) and I explained about the EXTPGM
keyword on the PI.
But... I have a question for you, Barbara... why is the EXTPGM on the
PI needed? If you have DFTACTGRP(*YES), and the PI is for a main
procedure, shouldn't RPG automatically "know" that it's a program call?
What else could it be? This strange requirement of coding the EXTPGM
is acting as a deterrent -- people are sticking with *ENTRY PLIST
because of stuff like this.
Also, when you put EXTPGM on the PI, why do you need to provide the
external program name as a parameter? Surely the program name is not
used by the PI -- you can't actually make a CALL using the PI, so why is
the external program name parameter required?
If you like, you can consider this a suggestion for the next TR :-)
On 6/21/2013 5:42 PM, Barbara Morris wrote:
I was going to say the same thing, until I tried Brian's example. Then I--
realized that the missing EXTPGM keyword on the PI means that the
EXTPROC keyword is assumed.
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