Re: Indicator Redux -- RPG400-L

Hi Dave,

If you put INDARA in your display file, and don't put INDDS in your RPGprogram, then you will never be able to modify the indicators used bythe display file (or maybe you get a compile-time error, I can't remember).

If you DO use INDDS, then you MUST use INDARA (a compile-time error ifyou don't I'm pretty sure).

If you do use INDARA and INDDS, then you are correct, nothing in theIndArrPtr data structure will affect the DDS, as long as you didn't useINDDS(IndArrPtr).


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Turnidge, Dave wrote:

Thank you! I guess that kinda rounds out my education. So, if I use
INDARA, DON'T use INDDS, and use the "pointer method" then everything
will work the way I expected originally. If I DO use the INDDS, I have
just added another 99 indicators, but nothing I do in my IndArrPtr data

structure (your name below) will affect the DDS. Right?

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holden Tommy
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:36 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Indicator Redux

Using INDDS you have 2 sets of indicators 1 -99.  One set (the INDDS) is
used to control the display file functions & the others (*IN) are usable
only by the RPG program.  Setting on the excludesys will not in anyway
affect the indicators in the *IN set of indicators.  Personally I don't
use INDDS...I just overlay the *IN set with meaningful names so I can
reference either *IN27 or ExcludeSys.

For example:

D IndArrPtr s * Inz(%Addr(*In))D ds Based(IndArrPtr)D Sfl1_Dsp 30 30D Sfl1_DspCtl 31 31D Sfl1_Clear 32 32D Sfl1_End 97 97D Sfl2_Dsp 40 40D Sfl2_DspCtl 41 41D Sfl2_Clear 42 42D Sfl2_End 98 98

This will overlay the *IN indicators so now I can reference *IN30 or
SFL1_DSP & "both" are turned on since they are actually the same

indicator ( place in memory)


Thanks,
Tommy Holden