Re: Quick question about CRTBNDRPG defaults under V7

On 16 Oct 2013 10:45, James H. H. Lampert wrote:

Oh, now this is interesting:

The CRTBNDRPG in QSYS has an attribute of "PRX"; is that this "proxy"
that somebody mentioned? Could somebody point me to an explanation of
what this is?

IBM i 7.1 Information Center -> Programming -> Control language -> CL programming -> Defining and documenting CL commands
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rbam6/proxycmds.htm
_i Proxy CL commands i_
"Proxy commands are used to create shortcuts to target CL commands.

A proxy command differs from a typical IBM® i command in its ability to run a target command, rather than a command processing program.

Use the Create Proxy Command (CRTPRXCMD) to create a proxy command. Create Proxy Command (CRTPRXCMD) requires a Command name (CMD) and a Target command (TGTCMD). Optional parameters include a Text description (TEXT), Authority (AUT) and a Replace command (REPLACE) option. For example, to create a proxy command that has a target command of QSYS/DSPJOB, enter the following command:

CRTPRXCMD CMD(MYLIB/PCMD1) TGTCMD(QSYS/DSPJOB) TEXT(‘dspjob proxy')

Specifying a proxy command for the TGTCMD parameter is allowed. A proxy chain can be up to five proxy commands in length ...
..."

And I see another one, in QDEVTOOLS, that DOES show the previously
mentioned signs of being changed.

When a prompted command is a /proxy command/ then because the proxy does not actually define the source for the parameters, deferral to the actual command with the CPP is required. Thus to determine if the command parameter defaults had changed according to object's service information, then like the prompting and\or invocation of the command itself, the inquiry must be made of the *CMD object to which the proxy [or proxies] have eventually deferred [through the chain] rather than the inquiring of the proxy command itself.

<<SNIP>>