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  3. August 2002

Re: FILLER size error

From: Eric Tubbs <eatubbs@email.com>
> *   57  MSGID: LBL0249  SEVERITY: 20  SEQNBR:  008400
>         Message . . . . :   Value for item 'FILLER' exceeds item size.
>           Characters truncated.
>
> +....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+...
> 54  008100     05                              PIC X(17)
> 55  008200                                     VALUE 'TRANSACTION MONTH'.
> 56  008300     05                              PIC X(07).
> 57  008400     05                              PIC X(21)  VALUE 'AMOUNT OF
>     008500-                                    'TRANSACTION'.

you get the error because the continued string literal continues to
column 72 on the first line and then on through the portion on the second
line
like this: "AMOUNT OF                            TRANSACTION" making
the string much longer than the 21 characters allotted to it by the
picture.

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