Chris Phinicarides wrote: > I need to have a batch RPG program (say A) call another batch RPG program > (say B) and be able to change program B and have program A execute > using the modified program B, without the need to re-compile/link-edit > program A. > > More specifically, the need is to have a common program, Y say, which will > need to be modified at some later stage. A considerable number of > programs, X1, X2, X3, ..., Xn, say, call program Y. > When program Y changes, I do not want to deal with re-compiling > (or link-editing) programs X1, X2, X3, ..., Xn. > Their execution should transparently use the modified program Y.
RPG has no capability to dynamically CALL sub-programs. A frequently-used work-around is to use an in-between assembler module which LOADs the sub-program the first-time it's invoked, then CALLs it. Note that in MVS, RPG sub-programs only have access to DATE and UPSI when they are part of the main program's load module. -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
