Re: RNF0655 The item defined with the TEMPLATE keyword cannot be used in this context

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Marco,

%SIZE works at compile-time.  As your program is compiled, the compiler 
takes the total size of the object (variable, DS, etc) and inserts it in 
place of the %SIZE BIF.

%LEN works at run-time.  It checks the current length of the item (not 
based on it's definition, but based on the data inside it -- for 
example, a VARYING string can have a different length based on the data 
inside of it.)   Since a TEMPLATE field cannot store data, it does not 
make sense to use it with %LEN.

-SK



On 6/18/2013 1:24 PM, Marco Facchinetti wrote:
> Just curious why an item defined with the TEMPLATE keyword is valid as
> %SIZE's argument but not for %LEN.
>
> TIA
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