RE: Problems with Reference variables in DDS

Patrick:


To begin with there is no way that &FDSC can be a 5 byte long signed numeric
with 3 decimal positions.
It must be alpha and probably 10 bytes long.

Try replacing:
        A            FDSC           5S 3P

With
        A            FDSC          10A  P


I use that to pass the name of overlays, can't see why it wouldn't work with
other values.


Best wishes.
Ragnar Torfi


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Patrick Shrader [SMTP:pshrader@foodcity.com]
        Sent:   1. febrúar 1999 21:47
        To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        Problems with Reference variables in DDS

        For some time I have been passing reference values for DDS commands
for the
        position to parameters so that the RPG program can position data on
a page.
        However, now I would like to control the fonts the same way. Any
ideas as
        to why the syntex won't all the printer file to compile? (Note: I am
using
        DEVTYPE(*APDS) at compile time.)

        The field LPDESC works fine. I want to convert it to the LXDESC
line.
        However, LXDESC gives the following error:
          A          R STDLAB

          A            LPDESC        30          POSITION( &YDSC1 &XDSC1 )
          A                                      FNTCHRSET(C0A687A0
T1V10037)
           * replace C0A687A0 with &FDSC reference variable
                                                   
          A            LXDESC        30          POSITION( &YDSC &XDSC )
          A                                      FNTCHRSET( &FDSC T1V10037)
           * reference variable definitions
          A            XDSC1          5S 3P
          A            YDSC1          5S 3P
           *
          A            XDSC           5S 3P
          A            YDSC           5S 3P
          A            FDSC           5S 3P
               CPD8049-**********
        * CPD5238      30        1      Message . . . . :   No valid record
found
        in source.
        * CPD8049      30        1      Message . . . . :   Field not
specified on
        a keyword.             

        Thanks for any hints or help you can give me.



        ------------------------------------------------------------
        Patrick Shrader 
        pshrader@foodcity.com
        Systems Analyst
        K-VA-T Food Stores/Food City

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