RE: RCLACTGRP Issue

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

I'll grant that *caller service programs CAN work, but from the perspective
of an ILE newbie, (imo) it's probably not a good idea.  It really depends on
how the service program was written.  In this case, with an application
designed to use RCLRSC to "shut down" program resources left open, then
ported into ILE, it seems particularly chancy to activate these service
programs into the DAG.  It sounds to me (after a brief re-read) like they
had been using RCLRSC to force re-initialization of the service functions.
For all this, I don't know enough about the apps in question to argue the
point, so I'll leave off.

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



<Big Snip>
> I'll take issue with Eric's comments about *CALLER programs
> running in the
> default activation group yielding "unpredictable results".  I
> have a number
> of *CALLER programs that run in the default activation group
> and that use
> *CALLER service programs which are also running in the
> default activation
> group and I don't have problems.  The results are only
> "unpredicatable" if
> you don't understand how activation groups, *CALLER, and
> service programs
> really work.
>
> Ken
> Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily
> represent the views of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.