Reader Feedback and Insights: More Binder Language

September 18, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Ted:

I just read your tip: “Adding Subprocedures to a Service Program .” After I picked myself off of the floor because I was laughing so much, I reread the article, and your narrative makes the whole binder thing make sense. Thanks for the amusing and informative answer. Your tip ties it altogether and puts the binding part of ILE in easy-to-understand terms.

— Doug

Thanks, Doug. I’m glad you enjoyed the article.

— Ted

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Odds and Ends

September 18, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Dear Readers:

Here are more miscellaneous short tips. I hope you enjoy them.

— Ted

Question:

Our shop has a junior programmer who, by not using our change management system, messed up an RPG Source member, . He then tried to correct his own mistake, and he only proceeded to make things worse.

Can I restore a specified member from tape from the QRPGSRC file?  I know how to restore the whole library, but I really only need one member from the QRPGSRC File.

Answer:

The Restore Object (RSTOBJ) command can restore a single file member. Here is an example.

Is It a Different ‘Hello World’ in OS/400 V5R1?

September 18, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Joe:

I just loaded the Java Development Kit (JDK) v1.3 on one of our new V5R1 iSeries boxes, and I can’t get the ‘Hello World’ sample to work. It works on our V4R5 AS/400 when I type in the following Run Java (RUNJVA) command:

RUNJVA CLASS(com.ibm.as400.system.Hello) PROP((java.version '1.3'))
         

But when I type this command on my V5R1 box, I get an error. What’s happening?

— Mike

I went to one of my OS/400 V5R1 boxes and typed in the RUNJVA Class command, just as you sent me. It failed, but–again, just as you wrote–it worked on one of my