Re: RPG error handling

[Carel Teijgeler <teygeler@xxxxxxx>]

Scott Austad wrote:

>  Is there a method to display an error msg with DSPATR(RI PC) without
> using an indicator?  It seems to me I read something a few years back
> in one of the technical magazines about using program-to-system
> variables, or something like that.  One of our major master file
> maintenance programs is running out of indicators, and I'd rather not
> hunt thru the code to find where I can reuse indicators.  By the way,
> we are use a message subfile.

Program-to-system fields can be used with keyword MSGID. Define the
keyword at a field and in the programme fill in the field for the msgid
and msgf (both defined as P-fiekds in the DSPF on the keyword). No
indicators, but no message data either.



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