Re: Printer files -- MIDRANGE-L

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boothm@ibm.net wrote:

> DDS specs for printer files:
>
> Can I use REF or REFFLD to reference fields from an RPG program?
>

In a nutshell, no.

Now, Booth, I know you know better.... you can only REF another file. Are you
getting lazy,or what? ;-)

Now here is what you CAN do.  Create a file for the variables in your program, 
so
instead of "*LIKE" or "D" specs, you can us it within the program as an external
data structure to declare the fields and then REF to them within the
display/print.

In your fake file, you can REF your data dictionary.

James W. Kilgore
qappdsn@ibm.net

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