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Workspace IBM i
Categories Languages - RPG
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 6, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

Allow SND-MSG to use %target( *PGMBDY: 0 )

See this idea on ideas.ibm.com

It just makes things so much easier.  Supporting *PGMBDY allows *ESCAPE messages to be sent directly to the calling executable (terminating the sending program) from any procedure in a program.  Only offering *CALLER forces one to attempt to count the call levels before sending the message in order to get to the call stack entry before the program's PEP. This is an unreliable exercise at best given that procedures can be called in any order, and are not always instantiated at the same call level on every call.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 18, 2024
    IBM believes that the solution for the Idea described is available with PTFs for 7.4 and 7.5 that allow more options for the SND-MSG operation code.

    - More messsage types in addition to the existing *INFO and *ESCAPE message types: *COMP, *DIAG, *NOTIFY, *STATUS

    - More special values for %TARGET: *CTLBDY, *PGMBDY, *EXT

    PTFs:

    7.4 ILE RPG compiler: 5770WDS SJ00635

    7.5 ILE RPG compiler: 5770WDS SJ00650
    7.5 ILE RPG compiler, TGTRLS(V7R4M0): 5770WDS SJ00653

    See https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7149564 for details.

    -IBM Power Systems Development
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 3, 2024

    I'm sorry, I meant %target( *PGMBDY: 1 ).


  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 19, 2023
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea 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 Idea.

    - IBM Power Systems Development

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