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Hello, sorry if this has been covered already but I have a situation where there are 2 cobol programs (object type *PGM, as in non-ile), that need to stay in sync, code wise.

What I mean is as follows...

Program A - get new logic added to it quite frequently.  Program B needs much of the same code but the developers many times forget about Program B.

Program A gets changed, tested, promoted.  Program B is forgotten.

Is there a way to either...

a.) setup some kind of dependency or conflict is created, so when Program A is promoted from Dev to QA , the promotion will fail if Program B does not come along with it.
b.) we can create a user program that will pop up  a message when we Promote program A that reminds the developers to check if Program B needs the new code.

Any help would be appreciated.

ps - ive tried making on dependent on the other but that didnt stop any check outs or promotions.
Hello, sorry if this has been covered already but I have a situation where there are 2 cobol programs (object type *PGM, as in non-ile), that need to stay in sync, code wise.

What I mean is as follows...

Program A - get new logic added to it quite frequently.  Program B needs much of the same code but the developers many times forget about Program B.

Program A gets changed, tested, promoted.  Program B is forgotten.

Is there a way to either...

a.) setup some kind of dependency or conflict is created, so when Program A is promoted from Dev to QA , the promotion will fail if Program B does not come along with it.
b.) we can create a user program that will pop up  a message when we Promote program A that reminds the developers to check if Program B needs the new code.

Any help would be appreciated.

ps - ive tried making on dependent on the other but that didnt stop any check outs or promotions.
Hi David, 

Thanks for your inquiry! If Program B is not identified as a dependent of Program A in IBMi/LMi, you can manually define the dependency relationship: 
STRLMI > 1 > 40 on Program B > Enter Program A as its requisite (User-Defined Requisite Objects).

Then whenever Program A is checked out/updated and promoted, Program B will be recompiled as well (added to task if so specified), if you default to Create Dependent objects. 

Hope this helps. 

Best regards,
Jack
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