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7.3 PTF for the RPG compiler: 5770WDS SI79717
7.3 PTF for the RPG runtime: 5770SS1 SI79656
7.4 PTF for the RPG compiler: 5770WDS SI79711
7.4 PTF fr the RPG compiler with TGTRLS(V7R3M0):: 5770WDS SI79719
7.4 PTF for the RPG runtime: 5770SS1 SI79655
Note: You need the PTF for the RPG runtime on any system where you run a program with the ON-EXCP operation code.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. For anyone who comes to the IBM i platform and looks at RPG, if they are used to a different language, they would definitely consider this to be a big gap. Long-time RPG programmers would appreciate the greater flexibility.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
IBM will use this request as input to planning but no commitment is made or implied. This request will be updated in the future if IBM implements it. IBM will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this request.
If IBM implements this, it will most likely use the suggestion to add another opcode, such as ON-EXCEPTION.
Regarding the suggestion in the comments by Jon Paris, to add a way to "throw" an exception with a particular status code, please open a separate RFE for that.
To match the try/catch type error handling methods of Java etc. perhaps a solution in part could be to allow RPG to throw specific error codes which could be caught by Monitor. There are a wide range of status codes that RPG does not currently assign and could be designated as available to the user.