RE: Does anyone use indicators anymore?

So why not, assuming it's conditioning a PC attribute on MYFLD, embed

the indicator 

number in the name, and call it something like "PCMYFLD40" or

"I40PCMYFLD" or "PC40MYFLD"?

Right, here's what we do.

     FDspF      CF   E             WorkStn IndDS( DspfInd ) 

      //  Display File Indicator Data Structure.
     D DspFInd         DS
     D  PCFld1                40     40n   Inz( *Off ) 


Kurt Anderson
Application Developer
Highsmith Inc

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James H H Lampert
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:19 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Does anyone use indicators anymore?

"Raby, Steve" <agnictsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But talking about readibility then doesn't that get confusing if you 
want to do a PC and in the display file it is set using 40 and in the 
program its called something else?

So why not, assuming it's conditioning a PC attribute on MYFLD, embed
the indicator number in the name, and call it something like "PCMYFLD40"
or "I40PCMYFLD" or "PC40MYFLD"?

That same basic idea could also be used for an indicator used to
condition statements or store flags raised by calculations.

I'm not directly familiar with overlaying names on the general
indicators. What release did it come in at, and can more than one name
be overlaid on an indicator that's used for more than one purpose?

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JHHL