Re: FTPAPIR4 service program location question

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Crosby wrote:

> Newbie at using this FTPAPI stuff, which looks awesome.
>
> Instead of adding LIBFTP to the library list, I was thinking of just
copying 
> the FTPAPIR4 service program and FTPAPI binding directory to a library
> that's always already in the library list.  Those are the only things I
need
> at run time, correct?  This would also give me the benefit of installing
and 
> testing any new releases from Scott without affecting production.

Scott Klement wrote:

> In my copy of FTPAPI, I have the library name (LIBFTP) hard-coded.  This
> is probably a bad idea, but I do it so I don't have to add LIBFTP to my
> library list every time I want to use FTPAPI. 
> 
> To check if the same is true of your program, type this:
> 
>       DSPPGM PGM(your-program-name) DETAIL(*SRVPGM)
> 
> It will bring up a screen that shows the service programs that your
> program is bound to.  Does it say *LIBL under "Library"?  Or does it say 
> LIBFTP?
> 
> If it says LIBFTP, then you don't need to have LIBFTP in your library
> list -- plus, if you try to move LIBFTP to somewhere else, it won't be
> able to find it, because it's only looking in LIBFTP. 

You're right.  It says LIBFTP, I just hadn't noticed.
 
> If you want to change this behavior, change the FTPAPI binding directory
> to reference *LIBL instead of LIBFTP, and then re-bind the programs that
> use FTPAPI's functions so that they also say *LIBL when you do a DSPPGM 
> (as described above.)
> 
> If you do change it to use *LIBL, then you can easily move the service
> program into a different library in your library list (say, QGPL) and
> things will work fine.  You don't need the binding directory unless you 
> intend to re-bind the programs.  Binding directories aren't used at
> run-time, they're only used when the programs are bound.
> 
> If you want to be able to re-bind and re-compile your programs, you'll 
> also need to include any of the copybooks in the QRPGLESRC file that
> your program uses, plus the binding directory, plus the service program.

I thought of the copybooks, but wasn't too concerned about that.  If they
weren't available at compile time I would find out in pretty short order.
<g>  It's run time that I was interested in.

> I know that I changed HTTPAPI to use the library list... I wonder if I 
> should change the default config of FTPAPI as well? Hmmm... 

I think I'll leave it as is for now.  The fewer changes I need to think
about when an upgrade is installed, the better.

Thanks again for this tool.  It really fits the bill for what I'm doing now.

--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


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