Re: how to let my program sleep a while

 >> Are these added lines of code just to prevent having to define a field
as *HMS in a prototype?

Absolutely nothing to do with it.

I was responding to Jim's comment about placing constant definitions in a
prototype /COPY member.  The problem with that is the potential for
duplication.

For example, you might choose to have a constant named OK, or Error or
SevereError etc.  If you include them in the prototype member directly,
then you had better put _every_ prototype in one file.  If you don't then
sure as eggs are eggs, one of these days you'll enhance a program and need
to copy in another set of protos.  If that set _also_ includes the same
constants now RPG will get upset because of duplicate names.

So - I was suggesting that the constants be in a separate /COPY member
which is included within each /COPY proto member that needs them.  Within
the constants member, you use conditional compilation directives to ensure
that if you've already copied in the constants once you don't do it again.

I can send you an example if you like - just e-mail me directly.

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