RE: File/Service Program/Data Structure Problem...

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It made complete sense when a couple folks knocked the "local/global"
variable idea back into my head. 

I guess we know now that a local variable is not overrided if a global
variable of the same name is changed.  Which is good, I guess.  :)

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@klements.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:59 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: File/Service Program/Data Structure Problem...
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Brad,
> 
> From my experiments, its treating the file the same way that 
> it would if
> I didn't use any of the fields in the program...   It chains to the
> record, but doesn't "execute" the input specs.
> 
> (In other words, in STRDBG it normally steps line by line 
> through each of
> the input fields that are used in the program, and skips the 
> ones that 
> are not -- but in this scenario, it simply skips them all.)
> 
> In my experiment, it did update the key field, the one that I 
> was using
> on my SETGT statement.  That did get updated if I viewed that 
> fieldname
> in STRDBG..
> 
> But, strangely enough, it didnt fill it in in the data structure.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 12 May 2000, Stone, Brad V (TC) wrote:
> 
> > Funny thing is, which I also responded to someone else, in 
> the SErvice
> > program I tried prefixing the data structure and it STILL 
> didn't update the
> > file fields.
> > 
> > I am using the same file in the program and service 
> program.  Program uses
> > AG QILE, Service Program uses *CALLER.  File pointers 
> change, etc... but the
> > fields don't. It's really quite odd.
> > 
> > I'm going to try running the service program in a different 
> AG to see if
> > that helps, but I am guessing it shouldn't make a difference.
> > 
> > Hans, Barbara, any ideas?  
> > 
> 
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