Re: Empty subfile shows as filled -- RPG400-L

Subject: Re: Empty subfile shows as filled
From: "Doug Davie" <dougdavie@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:55:26 -0400
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It's been so long that I don't recall why we do this, but occasionally
I find that we need to include a dummy record in the DDS:

A R DUMMY1
A FRCDTA
A CLRL(*NO)
A OVERLAY
A R DUMMY2
A ASSUME
A 14 44' '

Nothing fancy, but it alleviates some issue, and this just might be the issue.
Your program does not need to call or use it. It just needs to be there.

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