Re: COBOL for RPG programmers: How do you shut down a program?

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you mean other COBOL programs then you're out of luck without some messing about.

One way to do it is to change the program that calls this one so that it calls via a variable not a literal. Then when the program is to be switched out change the variable temporarily to another program, call it, then change the variable back and the pointer will be re-resolved.

Really this is no different from an RPG IV program in an AG. The problem you have lies not with how _this_ program exits but rather how you tell the _caller_ to re-resolve the pointer.


On 2013-06-28, at 2:18 PM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 6/28/2013 1:10 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
> > Is it COBOL/400 or ILE COBOL. If ILE COBOL what activation group.
> > It is also important to know if it is the first COBOL program in a 
> > series or one later in the chain.
>
> It's an OPM program.
>
> It looks like there are other programs on the call stack in front of the program that's causing the problem.
>
> david
>
> -- 
> IBM i on Power Systems - For when you can't afford to be out of business
>
> Thanks to all who sponsored me in the 2013 Chicago Tour de Cure.
> -- 
> This is the COBOL Programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) (COBOL400-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: COBOL400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/cobol400-l
> or email: COBOL400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/cobol400-l.

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com