Dan Little wrote, in part: > - t - is an alphabetic character used to indicate type of function.
> Avoid the IBM valuse of A,B,C,D,E,F,H and J. (and for the nitpicky among us, "valuse" is a direct quote from the book) I should have started with that book, thanks. But of course it raises more questions: "type of function" meaning what? 4.1 lists "Types of SYSMODs": function, PTF, APAR, USERMOD. I'm 99.44% sure this is what that means? Tony Harminc wrote: >I've understood this to be the One True Way also. But a number of >statements in the SMP/E Packaging Rules are more recommendations than >requirements, so who really knows. To what extent IBM even even >tracks, let alone enforces, the xxx part is also doubtful. Obviously >the big thing you don't want is to find that you clash with IBM or >another ISV. In passing, do you use the reserved xxx for message and >module prefixes? Yes. >We started with "R" for our first letter, because it was the next >letter after the reserved-for-IBM-i "Q", and our company name started >with "B", so was in the IBM-owned range, and then we went to "P" for >another product. Using "V" seems sensible for your company, certainly. OK, that explains it. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
