RE: File/Service Program/Data Structure Problem...

Scott.

Brilliant.  Works great.  

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Mildenberger [mailto:Smildenber@Washcorp.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:26 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: File/Service Program/Data Structure Problem...
> 
> 
> Brad,
> 
>       How is the DS defined in SRVPGM1?  Is it defined within the
> subprocedure?  If so, it is a local definition and 'hiding' the global
> definition of the field names which is where the fields from 
> the file are
> defined.  You can move the DS definition outside the 
> subprocedure so it is
> defined globally to the service program then the fields are 
> the same as
> those from the file.  When you define a externally defined DS inside a
> subprocedure the fields defined because of it are not the 
> same as those
> defined from the file (they have the same names but are not 
> the same field).
> Hope this description isn't confusing, I have run into this 
> before and the
> first time had me puzzled for awhile.
> 
> Scott Mildenberger
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Stone, Brad V (TC) [SMTP:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
> > Sent:       Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:55 PM
> > To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject:    File/Service Program/Data Structure Problem...
> > 
> > This is a tough one to explain, so bare with me.
> > 
> > Ok... 
> > 
> > I have PGMA.  It is using FILE1. 
> > I have SRVPGMA that contains a procedure that passes me 
> back the value of
> > the field that I pass it.  For example, I say:
> > 
> > eval value = #RtvValue('FIELDNAME':Field@)
> > 
> > Field@ is a pointer to a data structure that is defined in 
> PGMA as an
> > external data structure using FILE1.  This is so they have 
> the same field
> > names and the data is loaded into the DS automatically when I read a
> > record.
> > 
> > I do this so that I pass the service program the values in 
> the file, the
> > service program does a big SELECT statment, and returns the 
> value of the
> > 'FIELDNAME' parameter.
> > 
> > Now, in SRVPGM1, I accept the field name and the pointer to 
> the DS that
> > contains the value.  In SRVPGM1, I have another external DS 
> defined from
> > FILE1, same as in PGM1.
> > 
> > The DS is SRVPGM1 gets the data just fine, etc... etc...
> > 
> > Now the tricky part.
> > 
> > In SRVPGM1, I also have an option to retrieve the *NEXT 
> value (like for a
> > detail file.)  So, I do a SETGT on FILE1 in SRVPGM1 to 
> position to the
> > next
> > record, then read.  The key list is made up of the fields in the DS.
> > 
> > Now, because the DS is created from FILE1, it has the same 
> field names as
> > the DS.  This is what I want.  So, when I read the file, 
> the fields in the
> > DS will automatically contain the "NExt" record.
> > 
> > But, after the read, the values do not change in the DS.  I 
> watched the
> > file
> > pointer and everything moves fine, even does an IO on the 
> read and is
> > positioned on the RRN of the records I expect it to read.  
> But the data
> > stays the same as when I passed it in with the pointer, and 
> doesn't change
> > to the values of the current record I read in the file.
> > 
> > Hard to follow, yes.  But, if anyone has any ideas why the 
> values of the
> > fields in the DS aren't changing, that would be great.
> > 
> > Brad
> > 
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