RE: RPG /free

Sorry Rob, I posted before I got through all my e-mail...

Joel R. Cochran
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel R. Cochran [mailto:jrc@masi-brac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:57 PM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: RPG /free
>
>
> Ummmmm..........
>
> Actually, /free and /end-free must begin in position 7 (not
> 6)or you will
> receive the following error (in SEU...IknowIknow!) and code
> can start in
> position 8.
>
>
>  Message ID . . . . . . :   RNF0257       Severity . . . . .
> . . :   30
>  Message type . . . . . :   Diagnostic
>
>  Message . . . . :   Form-Type entry for main procedure not
> valid or out of
>    sequence.
>  Cause . . . . . :   The Form-Type entry (position 6) is not
> valid or the
>    sequence of the specifications is not H, F, D, I, C, O.
> The specification
> is
>    ignored.
>  Recovery  . . . :   Specify H, F, D, I, C, or O for the
> Form-Type entry
>    (position 6) or establish the proper sequence of
> specifications. Compile
>    again.
>
>
>
> Joel R. Cochran
> Director of Internet Services
> VamaNet.com
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:40 PM
> > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: RPG /free
> >
> >
> >
> > the word /free starts in column 6 - where all compiler
> > directives start.
> > the word /end-free starts in column 6.
> > Everything in between starts in column 7 or later.
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt
> > --
> > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
> temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > Benjamin Franklin
> >
> >
> >
> >                     "Bob Cozzi
> >                     \(RPGIV\)"              To:
> > <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
> >                     <cozzi@rpgiv.com>       cc:
> >                     Sent by:                Fax to:
> >                     rpg400-l-admin@mi       Subject:
> RE: RPG /free
> >                     drange.com
> >
> >
> >                     03/14/2002 12:23
> >                     PM
> >                     Please respond to
> >                     rpg400-l
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cool!
> > So is it column 7 or 8 where the /FREE stuff needs to start?
> >
> > Bob Cozzi
> > cozzi@rpgiv.com
> > Visit the on-line  Midrange  Developer  forum at:
> http://www.rpgiv.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Buck Calabro
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:12 AM
> > > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > > Subject: RE: RPG /free
> > >
> > > >> In RPG free form are we limited to
> > > >> 80 characters for entering free
> > > >> form
> > > >
> > > >You are limited to 72 or 73 characters.
> > > >Columns 7 (or is it 8?) through 80.
> > >
> > > It was easy enough to test, so I did.  On my V5R1 box I
> > created a 240
> > record
> > > length source file (the largest SEU can handle) and
> shifted all the
> > code
> > > right 200 characters.  It compiles fine.  Not known to leave well
> > enough
> > > alone, I created a 1000 byte long source file and used Code
> > to edit it
> > and
> > > shove statements out to the end.  That compiles too.
> > >   --buck
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