RE: Pros & Cons

Why not use the file name to create 2 external data structures, one with a
prefix keyword that matches the prefix keyword for the file.  Then all you
need to do is move the named data structures.

John Compton <john.compton@heiligmeyers.com>
IBM Certified Specialist - RPG
The opinions expressed by me are not necessarily those of my employer, yet.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim-Bar [SMTP:timbar@blazenet.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 7:42 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Pros & Cons
> 
> Here's one to toss around -
> 
> When creating a display file for a file maintenance program, is it
> better to reference the physical file fields or create fields with
> different names? If you use different screen field names you have to
> move the file fields into those fields to display on the screen and then
> move the screen fields back into the file fields before updating the
> record format. This seems like a lot of extra work. Is there any reason
> to do it this way? 
> 
> TIA
> 
> Darlene Brengle
> Norsoft, Inc.
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