Re: Change service program info for program

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Very good question!  And I'll answer it since it's one of
those "odd" situations.

My software is on a customer's machine.  They also have
another vendor's software.

We both use a common service program (let's call it
"SRVPGM1") that is basically the same thing, a library
containing specific functionality for both of our software
packages.

My version of SRVPGM1 is newer.  The other vendor's library
is in the system library list.  So when my software runs,
it finds the other vendor's service program and bombs with
a signature error.

Options here are:

1.  Remove the vendor's library from the system library
list (preferred, but not an option since changing all the
jobds to add it there would be "too much work").

2.  Change my program to specifically look for my service
program in my library (what I will end up doing)

3.  Add my library to the system library list ahead of the
other one (ugh.... I wouldn't even suggest that).

I normally specify *LIBL since they can move my apps
anywhere on the system and hardcoding the library would
make that an issue.

Brad

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:29:36 -0500
 "Holden Tommy" <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Playing Devil's advocate today...
> 
> Why hardcode to a specific library??  Just ensure that
> the library
> containing the service program is placed in the library
> list where it
> should be...
> 
> P.s. not knocking the question...just curious...
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
> Cozzi
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:17 AM
> To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: RE: Change service program info for program
> 
> Try UPDPGM and specify the qualified service program name
> there. It may
> change it. A binding directory with a qualified SRVPGM
> name is where to
> do it on a compile.
> 
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Brad Stone
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:30 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Change service program info for program
> 
> Let's say I have PGMA that is compiled to use SRVPGM1,
> but it's
> specified to use the *LIBL to find it.
> 
> Is there a way to change this to specify a specific
> library where it
> should find SRVPGM1, or does that require a recompile?
> 
> Thanks!
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