Re: Converting *ENTRY & PLIST to free format

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

EXTPGM is not permited in the PI.  !!!

Scott Klement wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >