help with compiler directives.

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

if you don't understand subprocedures I would suggest that rather than just
"jump in" you start by reading the intro that you will find in the RPG
Redbook "Who Knew You ....." at www.redbooks.ibm.com.  There are many things
you can learn to do simply by trying it, but I'm not convinced that
subprocedures are on the list unless you have a background in (say) C or
Pascal.

One of the things you need to study is the difference between local and
global variables.  If QAHSTDS is defined within a subprocedure, then it
cannot be referenced _in_any_way_ from outside that procedure.  Since
prototypes are at the global level - the compiler cannot "see" the
definition of QAHSTDS - hence the error.  All variables defined in subprocs
are local to the subproc.

Jon Paris
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