RE: External Data structure

["Kevin Monahan" <kevin.monahan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can use the PREFIX keyword on the externally defined data structure to
make those
field names unique.

Kevin Monahan
Sr Programmer/Analyst
JL Hammett Co
781-848-1000 x1114
www.hammett.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Chandra Krothapalli
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:48 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Cc: rkrothapalli@hotmail.com
> Subject: External Data structure
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am writing a new program, from this program I need to pass all
> the fields in a file to called program. I thought, I can do this
> by defining the file as Externally described data structure, but
> 50% of the fields in this file are also defined in another data
> structure. I can't rename the fields as Called program updates
> some of the fields in the data structure. I want to avoid the
> pain of moving each & every field of file to work field and Work
> field to File field. I have 600+ fields in the file.
>
> Any thoughts....  Thanks in advance
>
> Chandra.