Toolbox Data Area object problem

["Mike Perez" <mperez@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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To any and all Toolbox gurus on this list!

I need to replicate the *LOCK   IN  dataArea found in RPG.  I can read
and write to the CharacterDataArea, but can not seem to lock it when I
read it.  If I try running the ALCOBJ command before reading the data,
then the read fails with a "Cannot allocate data area .." Exception.

Is there a way to lock a data area while using it or am I SOL???

Thanks.
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