Re: Additional RPGLE Enhancement Requests

Charlie,

In a message dated 97-07-14 12:04:42 EDT, you write:

> Please tell me how I properly structure a screen edit routine where the
user
>  has requested serial editing, i.e. stop and redisplay the screen as soon
as
>  the first error is encountered.  I would code it as follows:
>  
>  C          @@edit      betsr
>   *
>  C          item        chain  itemmast         20....
>  c                      if     *in20
>  c                      goto   edit@@
>  c                      endif
<<SNIP>>
>  c          edit@@      endsr
>  
>  How would you code this without using a GOTO, without testing an error
flag
>  repeatedly, and without using a DO *FOREVER/LEAVE construct?

I would probably do the following:

>  C          @@edit      betsr
>   *
>  C          item     chain  itemmast         20....
>  c                      if     *in20
>  c          (Assuming error handling routine here)
>  c                      else
>   *
>  c          cust        chain  custmast         21....   
>  c                      if     *in21
>  c          (Assuming error handling routine here)
>  c                      else
>   *
>  c          cmhold      ifeq   'Y'
>  c                      eval   *in22 = *on
>  c          (Assuming error handling routine here)
>  c                      else
>   ...
>  c                      endif
>  c                      endif
>  c                      endif
>   ...
>  c          edit@@      endsr

Gets pretty "nesty" (pun intended), but nary a GOTO in sight!  Personally, I
prefer to leave out the ELSE's and edit all fields at once, so that the user
knows everything that needs to be corrected with only 1 screen I/O -- works
much better for applications run over dial-up.  And I STILL have yet to find
a place in my heart for a GOTO :-)...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow." --
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