Re: Service program not found error

QCMDEXC doesn't look at any references. Only when HS0175R is called is the service program solution done. It will occur during the program's startup phase normally - i.e. before the main logic starts - hence the need for the service program to be in the library list _before_ the program starts. You'd see the same effect if you had called it from the command line without the library in the LIBL.


Jon Paris

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On Jul 23, 2018, at 5:43 PM, Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is mainly for the archives.

I have a command (HS0175) which calls an RPGLE program (HS0175R). HS0175R calls a CLLE program (HSSF38) from the *INZSR subroutine, which adds a library to the library list, then returns. HS0175R then uses Scott Klement's HSSFR4 service program to open a spreadsheet and process it.

When I tested this it worked fine. When a user got tried it, it failed with "Service program HSSFR4 missing".

When I started debug on HS0175R and had the user run it, it never went into debug. In other words, the error occurs before the program actually starts running. Apparently the command processor (QCMDEXC?) looks at the program references and tries to find the service program before it's used by the program. I happened to have the correct library in my library list when I ran the command; the user did not.

The solution was to have the command call a CLLE program which calls HSSF38, then HS0175R. An extra program because the command processing program is a little too pro-active.

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