Re: RPG III (RPG/400)

Nope, he's talking about the FREE opcode...which RPG III had but RPG IV
does not.

FREE (Deactivate a Program)
The FREE operation removes a program from the list of activated programs,
frees
static storage, and ensures program initialization (first cycle processing)
the next
time the program is called. It does not close files or unlock data areas.



Charles


On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:39 PM, <MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

By "'FREE' opcode" are you referring to the /FREE compiler directive? I'm
not familiar with a FREE opcode.

If you really mean the /FREE compiler directive, I don't believe CVTRPGSRC
does that. RDi (and maybe WDSc before that?) will use it when you use RDi
to convert from fixed format to free format code. But that's not the
subject being discussed by the OP.

Thanks,
Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International
www.TheWay.org

"WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 11/03/2015 08:18:10 AM:

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2 Nov 2015 18:26:32 -0600 -----

To:

Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject:

Re: [WDSCI-L] RPG III (RPG/400)

Dan,

CVTRPGSRC output is not 100% compatible, but is maybe 99% compatible.

The biggest issue is when the program uses the 'FREE' opcode, which does

not exist in RPG IV (and, imho, never worked the way people thought it
did, anyway, so most applications using it don't quite work right to
begin with.)

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