Re: Shared File Opens Between OPM and ILE Call

[Richard Schoen <Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nope, turned out when they converted the program from OPM to ILE, they were compiling the code to NOT be in the same activation group.

For those who care, shared opens don't appear to carry across activation groups.

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-----Original Message-----
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date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 11:03:00 -0400
from: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Shared File Opens Between OPM and ILE Call

OVRSCOPE(*JOB) ?

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Richard Schoen < Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We have a couple of old programs where an OPM program opens a print 
> file and does a return to keep it open.
>
> Then subsequent programs share the print file because an OVRPRTF with
> SHARE(*YES) is used.
>
> The app is used to merge spool files.
>
> One of our developers recently updated one of the called programs to 
> be ILE instead of OPM.
>
> This creates a new spool file (which is what I would expect because of 
> the activation group).
>
> If there a way to share that file open between OPN and ILE programs ?
>
> Possible keeping the ILE call in the same activation group ?
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
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