Re: Simple Subfile question

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Jim Langston wrote:

> Thanks for all the tips, I've changed the indicators to be able to 
> do the SFLDSP separately and it works like a champ.

Hmmm... hope it works better than Mike Tyson!

> Now I'm trying to implement the error message, and so I went into the
> control record and made an output field called DFERRM which I plan on
> loading with an error message and turning on the appropriate indicator
> (57) when I want to display an error.  The only problem is, it won't 
> compile.
> 
> * CPD7812      30        1      Message . . . . :   Subfile control record 
>overlaps subfile record. 
> 

The way I usually get around this is I create a 3rd record format called
the "footer" record format.    I put the OVERLAY keyword on my SFLCTL 
format, then in the RPG code I do:

WRITE FOOTER
EXFMT SFLCTL

I don't know if theres a better technique, but thats the one that I use :)



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