RE: Form-Type entry for main procedure not valid or out of sequence.

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, didn't know that, Barbara!  That might be useful someday!

(Although I must admit that I stopped using CTDATA [in new code] about the
same time I gave my last S/38 crank away.)

Dennis Lovelady
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> On 2010/10/5 1:41 PM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:
> > You need a space after ** to initiate your CTDATA specs.
>
> A better fix would be to code the array name after the **CTDATA keyword.
>   **CTDATA lets you code the ct data in any order, not necessarily
> matching the order you coded the arrays or tables in the D specs.
>
>       D RetrunCode      S              2    DIM(9) ASCEND CTDATA
> ...
> **CTDATA RetrunCode  List of Address ...
>
> I'm surprised the original code isn't getting this error saying that
> there's no array called LIST.
>
>       2 **CTDATA List of Address Verification Return Code Values
> ======>         aaaa
> *RNF8265 20 a      000200  Array or table name in separator record not
> declared.
>
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