RE: API QDBRtvFD and DDM files / 2

Hi Eduard

The positioning in the returned data structure begins at 1.  You have to add
1 to the offset shown in the documentation to get the correct starting
position, so the byte you're interested in is actually in position 69 and
not 68.

Bit counting usually begins with bit 0 as the right most bit of the byte, so
bit 4 would actually be the first bit of the high end nybble which shows as
"1" in your example.  Of course that doesn't mean that the IBM documentation
does it that way so check you're picking up the correct byte first.

Hope it helps

Jonathan


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Subject: API QDBRtvFD and DDM files / 2





I'm afraid, my first posting hasn't reached the forum. Therefore once again
...


Hello, maybe (and hopefully) anyone can help me; searching the net didn't
gave a suitable answer.

It concerns reading file information for DDM files: i can't even decide
wheater a file is a DDM file or not.

Using DspFD a file has the following attributes:
   system: *lcl
   file type: device
   device type: DDM
and DDM attributs are shown.

So far, so good. But I'll get these information with API QDBRtvFD.

In format Qdb_Qdbfh, positions 68 to 69 (counting begins at zero) is field
Qaaf2 (additional attribute flags); bit 4 (counting also begins at zero) of
the second byte should by ON if it is the a DDM file. But this bit always is
OFF: b'0001 0000'.

Where is the error?

Eduard Spanninger
STAMAG Stadlauer Malzfabrik GesmbH

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