Re: Free-format question

Peter

Your original example of fixed-form showed the overlays over a subfield - I would have thought you could simply do that in free-form - but you didn't show us what you tried that did not work.

As I mentioned in my reply, and you mention here, OVERLAY can't be used with the DS - the new POS keyword takes care of that.

I for one am interested in the attempt that did not work - it could be instructive to us all.

Regards
Vern

On 5/27/2014 5:48 AM, Colpaert, Peter wrote:

Hi Birgitta,

That seems to work indeed, although I needed to correct SclLen to int(5).

I thought the overlay keyword was not allowed in free-format.

Apparently you cannot use the datastructure itself on the overlay, but a subfield is allowed.

Thanks!

Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,

Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer - PLM Development Team
IT Operations Cluster Benelux, Philips IT

Philips Consumer Luminaires
Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Tel: (+32) 3/459 13 17
Email: Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx

Working from home on Wednesdays


-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Birgitta Hauser
Sent: dinsdag 27 mei 2014 12:44
To: 'RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: AW: Free-format question

Try:

DCL-DS DPA_Template_T;
SclTyp Char(1);
SclLen Int(3);
DecPos Int(3) Overlay( SclLen: 1 );
DecLen Int(3) Overlay( SclLen: 2 );
Rsv Int(10) Inz(0);
END-DS;

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok) "What is worse than training your staff and losing them? Not training them and keeping them!"

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Colpaert, Peter
Gesendet: Tuesday, 27.5 2014 11:20
An: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Betreff: Free-format question

Hi group,

I've been busy converting a program with D-specs to full free-format, but I've encountered an issue which I cannot seem to solve.

Does anybody know how to convert this DS into a Decl-ds structure?

D DPA_Template_T Ds
D SclTyp 1a
D SclLen 5i 0
D DecPos 3i 0 Overlay( SclLen: 1 )
D DecLen 3i 0 Overlay( SclLen: 2 )
D Rsv 10i 0 Inz

The overlay of the subfield is giving me headaches.

Thanks in advance.

Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,

Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer - PLM Development Team IT Operations Cluster Benelux, Philips IT

Philips Consumer Luminaires
Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Tel: (+32) 3/459 13 17
Email: Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Working from home on Wednesdays


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