RE: RPG 7078 error

["Fisher, Don" <DRF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In order to accomplish what you wish, you need to define the file key
structure internally.  The compiler will insist on matching the type and
length of key fields for externally described keys otherwise.  I believe
there is a key length part of the file specification, but I don't know if
that will work for an externally described file.  

Your other option is to define a key list using the fields from your data
structure.

Hope that helps.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company
(804) 784-7500 ext. 2124
Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com

<clip>
I got an RPG error QRPG7078 "Factor 1 
length not same as First-Key field in file or record.  Specification
ignored" 
in which the detail was "Factor 1 length is 41 but length of key field in 
file is 15."  <clip>
IPHMORE has a compound key of: Char 15; then PACK 
6.0 signed; Char 2; Char 15; Char 2; and finally PACK 5.0 signed descend.  
WRKF this file to get at DSPFD logical confirms the file key is 41 long.

The line of code that it is complaining about is
    BKEY        CHAIN   IPHMORE     92

I defined BKEY as a data structure, not a KLIST because I'm populating some 
key fields by copying the whole set of 6 fields in one move.  <clip>
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