Re: Ext-desc I/O using data structures (was:Field record relatio -- MIDRANGE-L

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At 08:38 AM 4/2/98 -0500, Hand Boldt wrote:
>Hi David!  Yes, you're right.  DS I/O is not allowed for ext-desc files in
>RPG.
>
>Would you (or any other RPG programmer watching) like that limitation
>removed in a future release?  IMHO, ext-desc data structures are very
>useful and we should do more to support them.

Hans,

Wouldn't that sort of defeat the purpose of externally described files? I'm not 
registering a negative opinion, I'd just like to know what you have in mind. 
What would you be able to do with them that is not currently possible with a 
program described file and an externally described data structure?

Pete

Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com 
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

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