Re: DS / Overlay keyword

Why not just:

D  Field    DS
D  Part1         
D  Part2    
D  Part3


or 

D  Field    DS
D  Part1    s      3     
D  Part2    s      3
D  Part3    s      3

depending on whether you need to define Parts 1-3?



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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 05/18/05 16:15:52
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: DS / Overlay keyword
 
I have a question about using Overlay(Fieldname: *Next).
 
This (simplied example) works:
 
D DSName          DS
     D   Field                        3A    Dim(3)
     D   Part1             1        3
     D   Part2             4        6
     D   Part3             7        9
 
 
But I want to do this without using positions to define the fields.
 
 
I tried this:
 
D DSName          DS
     D   Field                      3A    Dim(3)
     D   Part1                      3A   Overlay(Field: *Next)
     D   Part2                      3A   Overlay(Field: *Next)
     D   Part3                      3A   Overlay(Field: *Next)
 
And I get this error:
 
RNF7303S Subfield PART2 defined with keyword OVERLAY is too big;
specification ignored.
RNF7303S Subfield PART3 defined with keyword OVERLAY is too big;
specification ignored.
 
I want Field(1) = Part1,  Field(2) = Part2,  and Field(3) = Part3
 
Is there any way to do this using Overlay or without defining the fields
using positions?  The fields Part1, Part2, Part3, are also already defined
in an external file.  I don't know if that will make a difference or not.
 
 
 
Thanks!
 
Mike
 
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