Comments on: why we cant write data to pf using cl program? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/why-we-cant-write-data-to-pf-using-cl-program/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/why-we-cant-write-data-to-pf-using-cl-program/#comment-78704 tomliotta Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:28:12 +0000 #comment-78704 It can be difficult to judge how easy something might be for other. It’s a tricky business.

There are many systems that don’t have the compiler products. That can make it interesting for some basic CL programmers to create clean commands. And there are many CL programmers who have no idea how to write RPG or even COBOL, much less C or anything else. (The first three AS/400s that I bought had no HLL compilers, though I knew how to program in all of them.)

I haven’t seen Bruce’s commands, but I’ve sure seen enough of his comments over many years to feel comfortable with pretty much anything he provides.

Still, your point does need to made. It applies in probably the majority of cases.

Tom

]]> By: vatchy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/why-we-cant-write-data-to-pf-using-cl-program/#comment-78689 vatchy Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:10:16 +0000 #comment-78689 A CL program is basically a series of commands. Each command has a command processing program which can be either a CL or RPG program (or machine language but let’s not get into that now). If you need the ability to write to a file, write your own command that calls a program to write to the file for you. That way, you can write the command the way you want it to be written, have it pass the parameters that you need passed, do the validation that you need it to do, and do the error checking that needs done when the record is written.

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