Re: Default activation groups

Agreed that it's the worst named option...

Only real got'cha is that you can only use RPG IV, no ILE (procedure calls).
- note CALLP (which is call via Prototype) still works doing EXTPGM()

You can't even have internal procedures called.

Like Jon says, it's an OPM program with DFTACTGRP(*YES)...not ILE.

Charles

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 4:32 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ah ... When you use DFTACTGRP(*YES) - the worst named option in the
history of the platform - you are basically saying "please build this as an
OPM program - or at least one that pretends to be OPM".

As a result there should basically be no issues with anything. All scoping
etc. should be the same as if you had coded the new stuff as an OPM program.

On Feb 22, 2021, at 5:26 PM, Alan Cassidy <cfuture@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I should have asked this question more clearly, specifically.

Given an OPM-RPG program A, is there a gotcha with calling program B

compiled with DFTACTGRP(*YES)? I need to capture changes to a certain file
for certain values and instead of modifying old RPG3 code I'd like to call
an RPGLE program to handle something like a data queue pipe to another
process that checks for changes and sends an email.

Thing is I need to catch changes to two values in a file, and I'm

looking at triggers because records get updated, deleted, and/or inserted
by about 15 programs, They run in the gamut of AG'S: OPM-RPG,
RPGLE-*DFTACTGRP, *CALLER, *NEW, and QILE. (these programs will be part of
a comprehensive modernization strategy they are planning that includes the
activation group issues.)

there is time pressure to clear a backed-up queue of requests. But I

don't want any gotchas of course.

aec



On 2/21/2021 1:44 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

We covered this topic (and related issues) in 2004 in an article called

"The Seven Deadly Sins of ILE" - you can find it herehttps://
authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-ILE <
https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-ILE>

Jon Paris

On Feb 21, 2021, at 12:10 PM, Alan Cassidy<cfuture@xxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Can somebody share the differences between the two different

activation groups?

Specifically, is there any gotchas if one OPM program A called an

RPGLE program B compiled with DFTACTGRP(*YES) ?

aec


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