Re: Using a service program

Booth,

you can't compile to a service program. You create a module, then a
service program from that module.

Binder language is used to create the service program from the module. It
specifies the procedures to make available, the signature, etc. Of course,
you don't need binder language, but you should use it so you have more
versioning control with the signature(s) exported by the service program.

I know I sent you a link to my ILE 101 course on fieldexit.com. They are
very simple examples that should explain things.


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On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 8:02 PM Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am misunderstanding something... This has to be simpler than I am
making it.

I have 3 related activities which I have written as activity1,
activity2, and activity3 as pr/pi elements in an RPGLE source member
named PGM01. I have successfully compiled PGM01 as a *SRVPGM, then
compiled it again as a *MODULE. I have then used them with the IWS
Wizard and all 3 activities work correctly. I am impressed, I like it,
and decide I want to write a 5250 RPG program that uses the 3 activities
of PGM01. And there it screeches to a halt.

The service program explanations I find talk about binder source, /copy,
and other H-spec and D-spec instructions that, frankly, I can't figure
out. Is there a clear, hello world example that clearly covers the gap
between *SRVPGM & *MODULE and the c-specs of the consuming program?


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