Re: Can you use a DDM data area with i5_data_area_read?

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Re: DSPDTAARA does not show the data of the remote DtaAra, 
instead the "attributes of how it was created and such.":

  To test the data area interactively, use DSPDTAARA SYSTEM(*RMT) 
[or RTVDTAARA and DMPCLPGM, debug, or otherwise, or CHGDTAARA and 
view the updated data area on the target system].  The shipped 
default for DSPDTAARA is SYSTEM(*LCL), which as you noticed, is not 
very helpful.  FWiW I was [similarly] disappointed to find its 
default was not SYSTEM(*DTAARATYPE), or some other special value 
available to effect similar to the special value *FILETYPE on the 
QDBRTVFD API.  Instead of adopting my point of view, it was just 
pointed out that SYSTEM() of DSPFD defaulted to *LCL and although it 
supported *ALL [which does not fit with DSPDTAARA design] but no 
*FILETYPE. :-(

Regards, Chuck

Tom Deskevich wrote:
> I tried this with a DDM data area and I did not get anything
> returned.
>
> When I switched it to a data area that resides on our box, it
> worked fine.
>
> Did not see anything in searching, but did read that DDM can be 
> used. I have DDM files and they are ok. I know that the DDM data
> area seems to be a different animal. When you view it, you do not
> see the actual data area but attributes of how it was created and
> such.