RE: external ds pointer subfld

["Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

very helpful response.  thanks.   A web project has brought me back to rpg
and these new v5 features like free format, likeds and qualified look like
they will be a big help.

Steve Richter

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Bob Cozzi
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:30 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: external ds pointer subfld


The only way is to leave off the pointer field in the DDS and then
manually add it to the DS in the program after the "E DS" specification.
Another thing you can do, if you need is to allow the DS to be used in
multiple programs or procedures or modules, you can put the data
structure itself, into a /COPy member.  The down-side there is, of
course, that you can't use the Prefix keyword to make each instance of
it unique. But you could add the QUALIFIED keyword to it or use it as a
template.

Bob Cozzi