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  • Subject: RE: RPG Indicators
  • From: Scott Mildenberger <Smildenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:35:17 -0600

%found isn't valid for readc, use %eof instead.  In your example, since you
did not specify the file name on the readc it is returning the value of
%found from the last file operation (on any file) that was performed in your
program which may be the chain in the subroutine.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sereda [SMTP:asereda@HU.EEFT.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:09 AM
> To:   'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: RPG Indicators
> 
> I fell into a trap with "%Found" after readc of a subfile that was 
> in dow cycle. 
>   
> dow field1=0 
> exfmt something 
> readc sfl 
> if %found 
> exsr ChkSubroutine 
> endif 
> enddo 
> 
> ChkSubroutine begsr 
> ... 
>      key1     chain somefile 
> ... 
>               endsr 
> If "chain" is not succes in subroutine  there was not %found after readc. 
> I come back to indicators. 
> What do you think about this? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Andrew Sereda 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: boothm@earth.Goddard.edu [ <mailto:boothm@earth.Goddard.edu>] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 1:15 AM 
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com 
> Subject: RE: RPG Indicators 
> 
> 
> Even better use RPGIV and do away with Chain indicators altogether. 
> "%Found" is a handy bif. 
> _______________________ 
> Booth Martin 
> boothm@earth.goddard.edu 
> <http://www.spy.net/~booth> 
> _______________________ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Tom Tufankjian" <Tom_Tufankjian@hbltd.com> 
> Sent by: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com 
> 04/10/2000 02:39 PM 
> Please respond to RPG400-L 
> 
>   
>         To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com 
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        RE: RPG Indicators 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's another thought:   combine 2 indicators into 1 if possible, freeing
> 
> up one.  Like maybe if you're doing 2 chains to two different files and 
> you 
> use the resulting indicator right away and nowhere else in the program. 
> Use the same indicator for both chains. 
> 
> key1   chain filea              10 
> 10         write 
> n10      updat 
> 
> /*  was:          */ 
> key2   chain fileb             20 
> 20        write 
> n20      updat 
> 
> 
> /*    changed to this to free up indicator 20    */ 
> key2   chain fileb             10 
> 10        write 
> n10      updat 
> 
> 
> Just a thought for when you're in a pinch. 
> 
> 
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