Re: OPM and Store/Retrieve Associated Space

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark S. Waterbury wrote:

> You could use CRTCLPGM to create OPM CLP programs for this purpose, as 
> this feature is "bundled" with the "base" OS.  Or, write those programs 
> in MI assembler language; the QPRCRTPG API is also built-in to the 
> "base" OS.  Are you concerned about future availability of the other 
> ("heritage") OPM compilers?

Mark:

OPM CL is off limits, so far -- it isn't created through the QPRCRTPG 
API (and results in CPF0304 when tried; I've prodded in various ways.) 
OPM MI is through QPRCRTPG, though, and is one of the potential 
solutions. But that really seems appropriate for limited circumstances. 
MI programs aren't things that I knock out in a hurry.

The separate licensing of OPM and ILE compilers is where the question 
came up.

The whole problem is mostly just an example to illustrate how associated 
spaces might be used -- to store info essentially encapsulated in a *PGM 
object that can be changed, saved and restored. It's an example 
difference between OPM and ILE compiled programs, and separate licenses 
are needed to get the feature.

It's a feature that I've used for some handy effects. If ILE doesn't 
have equivalent capability hidden somewhere, I'll figure a way around it 
to get similar effects.

But you never know what people on this list have discovered if you don't 
ask. There just might be an obscure feature that can be used.

Tom Liotta