On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 09:57:40 -0500, Gilbert Saint-Flour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Chris Phinicarides wrote: > >> I need to have a batch RPG program (say A) call another batch RPG program >> (say B) and be able to change program B and have program A execute >> using the modified program B, without the need to re-compile/link-edit >> program A. >> >> More specifically, the need is to have a common program, Y say, which will >> need to be modified at some later stage. A considerable number of >> programs, X1, X2, X3, ..., Xn, say, call program Y. >> When program Y changes, I do not want to deal with re-compiling >> (or link-editing) programs X1, X2, X3, ..., Xn. >> Their execution should transparently use the modified program Y. > >RPG has no capability to dynamically CALL sub-programs. >A frequently-used work-around is to use an in-between assembler module which >LOADs the sub-program the first-time it's invoked, then CALLs it. > >Note that in MVS, RPG sub-programs only have access to DATE and UPSI when they >are part of the main program's load module. > Maybe always link and execute, picking up the new version in the link edit step before running. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
