Re: Retrieving Format Level ID's

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Dave:

During the Y2K crush, though many needed an API or other facility to 
reconstruct lost source for PRTFs, none came out of IBM. It was a good deal for 
source-recovery companies but not for customers in a bind. I seem to recall 
that IBM would offer to create an API for any customer who wanted to finance 
the effort; but that might be faulty memory.

<disclaimer>
I do not begrudge source-recovery companies one bit of what they might've 
earned. There was/is a niche, and I think they fill it well. (Of course, that 
doesn't help you. But if they could do the R&D, I guess you could too, or 
possibly license some technology.)
</disclaimer>

Tom Liotta

On Wed, 29 August 2001, David & Eileen Keck wrote:

>
> I have am developing application that needs to be able to retrieve the
> Format Level ID for any externally described file that can be defined to an
> RPG/400 program.  Using DSPFD to an outfile is a last resort, and a very
> undesirable solution.  I see that the API's for retrieving database and
> display file descriptions meet the need for PF, LF and DSPF, but what of
> PRTF and ICF ?  Is there an API or other mechanism to retrieve the Format
> Level ID for these short of my method of last resort ?  Thanks  - Dave K.

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