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

In my experiments with this program, I was making the data structure
global, and was still having the same problem.

But, I'm a lowly V3R2 user, so nothing works right :)



On Fri, 12 May 2000, Scott Mildenberger wrote:

> 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
> 

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