Re: RTNDTA Question

John,

After reading your post, I stepped through an old program I wrote that uses 
RTNDTA 
to make sure that it did a WRITE format 1, EXFTM format 2, READ Format 1.  The 
display is opened as share(*Yes).  The READ and EXFMT are in different programs 
which must be why it works, either that or I am not understanding the question. 
 To do 
this sort of thing today I use the dynamic screen APIs.

David Morris

>>> John Carr <74711.77@compuserve.com> 10/29 9:18 PM >>>

...If you read a record,  then read another one,  And then  If you refilled
your RPG buffer from the ODP buffer,  guess which record you would get?? 
The last one you read.

If you have a display file and Read a record(EXFMT FormatA) then read
another record from that
display file (EXFMT FormatB),   (ala  RTNDTA)  which format's information
would be in the buffer??
FormatB.    It's just that the system gives you an error when it sees you
making that type of mistake....

John Carr
EdgeTech
Have Classes,  Will Travel


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