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Booth wrote:

> When I write a subfile record I generally include a hidden field which
> contains an image of the record from the disk file.  This proves useful
for
> refreshing the screen, checking for changes at another work station, and
> prevents the need for another chain to the record if the user chooses to
> work with the data.

Neat technique, Booth!  I don't know of a way to tell DDS that you want a
single character field sized the same as an entire external PF/LF record.  I
guess I'd just DSPFD the PF/LF and find the record length if it were only a
handful.  If I were doing a bunch of these things, I'd write some sort of
macro and then run the source through a pre-processor (that I would also
write.)  Of course this predicates sending your pre-processor to every
customer you do work for...
  --buck




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