RE: format of *DATE (was Source code retrieval from opbject of display file)

>From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:39:24 -0600
>
>> From: bmorris@ca.ibm.com
>>
>> CRTDTAARA QGPL/RPGLEHSPEC TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(80) VALUE('DATEDIT(*DMY)')
>
>Thanks, Barbara.  There are days when I honestly think I've seen every
trick
>RPG could offer, and then you come up with one of these gems.
>
>By having different options in different libraries, you could do a
complete
>mass compile with different options by simply changing an entry in your
>library list.  Not sure whether I can use this, but it sure could come in
>handy when needed.

Joe, it's not a gem, it's a lump of coal.  A better way, imho, would
be to have a source file in each library with a different /copy file.
See my previous rant about why I don't think the data areas should be
used.  (I think their usefulness ended on the day that RPG got /COPY.)

Barbara Morris