Transferring control to another job in same easytrieve pgm

[sivaguru]

Hello everyone,
I have started programming in easytrieve very recently. I have been using this forum till now as a reader. This would be my first post. I truly appreciate all the hard learned knowledge being shared.

I was able to successfully code two job statements separately within a single easytrieve program. Now, I am trying to transfer control from one job to another job inside the same easytrieve program. Is this possible?

I tried naming the job using NAME optional parameter. But I am lacking the knowledge to execute another job passing a key and retrieve the control back to the main job. I tried with GO TO statement. But I either get "B056 UNRESOLVED LABEL REFERENCE" or "B049 PARAMETER IGNORED" when using the job name before and after respective.

I am also wondering how to call an easytrieve subprogram. The manuals I read clearly state I can call subprograms in other languages. Does Easytrieve allow calling a subprogram written in Easytrieve? If yes, how should I go about LINKing the programs or should I use ENVIRONMENT NONE in my program?

Kindly help me on this.

Many thanks,
Sivaguru

[DikDude]

So far, i've not seen 2 JOB statements in the same program. If there is some reason for 2 JOB statements, suggest you create 2 programs or write the code so that the files are read under program control rather than the JOB statement.

Read about LINK to "call" an Easytrieve module - i believe this will do what you want.

[sivaguru]

Hi Dik,

Thank you so much for ur response.

Please post a link where i can learn about linking another easytrieve program. I am unable to find it. I will try the functionality with ur suggestion.

BTW, is there a way we can reset the EOF set by the system to enable the program to read from the first record again in a PS file?
I must b implementing this logic in easytrieve.

Please advise.

Thanks very much,
Sivaguru

[DikDude]

There is almost NEVER a good reason to start back at the beginning of a sequential file. Why does someone believe it is needed here?

The info about LINK is in the Easytrieve Documentation. If your organization is licensed to use the product, all of the material may be downloaded free from CA Support.