RE: external ds pointer subfld

The only way is to leave off the pointer field in the DDS and then
manually add it to the DS in the program after the "E DS" specification.
Another thing you can do, if you need is to allow the DS to be used in
multiple programs or procedures or modules, you can put the data
structure itself, into a /COPy member.  The down-side there is, of
course, that you can't use the Prefix keyword to make each instance of
it unique. But you could add the QUALIFIED keyword to it or use it as a
template.

Bob Cozzi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:20 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: external ds pointer subfld
>
>
> I have a data structure that has a subfield of type pointer:
>
>  dstm              ds
>  d stmSz                         10i 0
>  d stmLx                         10i 0
>  d stmFill1                       8a
>  d stm_pData                       *
>
> and I want to externally describe this ds
> D RowStm    E Ds                  Extname(ComDsStm) Prefix(Row)
>
> but dds does not allow a field to be a pointer! Is there a
> way to externally describe a data structure that has a
> pointer sub field?
>
> thanks,
>
> Steve Richter
>
>
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