Re: CHAIN + DS as result field

What release level are you at? The new ability to pass a file to a
sub-procedure looks perfect for you. (V6R1).

The other one I could think of is why not just use an override? Have
one dummy input file overridden to the actual.

The other one I could think of is that you do not need a separate data
structure. Couldn't you declare a templete (Type defintion) in the
header and use EVAL-CORR?

d TD_FORMAT...
d e ds ExtName(LF1)
d Based(StdNulPtr)

d FileData...
d ds LikeDs(TD_Format)

FileData = GetFileData(values);

In Subprocedure

d FileData...
d ds LikeDs(TD_Format)

Chain LFILE1 DS1;

Eval-Corr FileData = DS1;

Return FileData;

This could be especially handy if you don't want all the data.

Not sure I am really answering your question.

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I don't understand why I can't do this :


I have a procedure that selects which LF to CHAIN to depending upon its input parameters. All the LF's compiled on the same PF.

Trouble is I seem to need a different DS receptor for each LF. When I try to compile I get RNF7595 "Position 1of the DS doesn't contain a subzone for a record format".

If I look at the compile listing of the DS definitions DS1 and DS2, they seem to be identical.

D DS1 LIKEREC(LFORMAT1 *INPUT)
D DS2 LIKEREC(LFORMAT2 *INPUT)

CHAIN LFILE1 DS1;

CHAIN LFILE2 DS2;

How can I get the result of the CHAIN into one common DS?

Thanks.


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