Re: Named indicators (was DOW vs DOU)

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Massoglia)]

James Gilgore wrote:

>Yes, that does work.  In our shop we use a single indicator for ALL
>chain and read operations and move the result to a unique variable by
>record retrieved. (ie: CUSThit, ITEMhit)
>
I absolutely agree.  We use one indicator as the error indicator and another
indicator for not found/found, etc.  We do not permit an indicator to be
referenced beyond the line of sight in which the indicator is set on or off.
We would expect to see only 2 work indicators (i.e. not used in DSPF or PRTF
DDS) even in a 5,000 line program.  A LOKUP with 3 indicators would be the
only exception in which case the 3rd indicator is only to be used on a 3
indicator LOKUP.

Of course this technique requires you to use primed read loops.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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