Re: Code Problem...

["Joe Teff" <jteff19@xxxxxxx>]

>I need help figuring out why this doesn't work the way I think it
should....
>
>D  InPtr          s               *   inz(%addr(*in))
> *
>D  SomeDs         ds                  Based(InPtr)
>D   Indcat03                      n   overlay(SomeDs:03)
>D   Indcat05                      n   overlay(SomeDs:05)
>D   Indcat10                      n   overlay(SomeDs:10)
>D   Indcat11                      n   overlay(SomeDs:11)
>D   Indcat12                      n   overlay(SomeDs:12)
> *
>C                   Eval      *In02     = *Off
>C                   If        SomeDs = *Off
>???-- at this statement, the value of SomeDS is = *off, which I agree with.
>
>But if I add...
>C                   Eval      *In02     = *On
>C                   If        SomeDs = *Off
>???-- at this statement, the value of SomeDS is NOT EQ to *off
>
>I guess what i'm not understanding is this, why would setting on *in02
>effect the value of the SomeDS, since *in02 is not part of the subfield? or
>is it?
>If it is part of the subfiled, what would I need to do to only check the
>subfileds that I have defined...
>
>Keep in mind, that when I used the debugger, to eval the SomeDs it always
>showed me '0' for all it's components.
>
>thanks,  tim

Because SomeDs is based on some other memory (the bank of indicators),
it does not have it's own memory. The length is 12 because of Indcat12. That
means that SomeDs is occupying the same memory as *IN01 thru *IN12.
Even though you don't give *IN02 a second name, it is still part of the DS.

Joe Teff


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