Re: Indicator name

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Craig Jacobsen wrote:
> Barbara,
>
> Again, didn't think of that.  
> Would the ExtFld be *in33 or just in33 (field in likerec)?
>
> After using INDARA my problems were solved. 
> The program is pretty easy to follow, so now it can be used as a template
> for maintenance in our shop.

The ExtFld would be *IN33.  When the DS is qualified and you don't 
rename the *IN33, then the compiler uses IN33 as the name, but you have 
to say *IN33 on the rename.

But I would use the INDARA/INDDS solution too.  I like it better than 
renaming the subfields.

Although ... I've never really liked the way RPG associates fields with 
files through F spec keywords like INDDS.  I think it would be better if 
they could be coded explicitly on the I/O operation, or be implicitly 
handled by the compiler like %EOF etc.  But since RPG _does_ handle 
associated information that way, INDDS seems like the best fit for the 
indicator problem.