Re: %OFFSET

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Richter wrote:
> how odd, I have the opposite view.
>
> A subfield in an externally described data struct can be uniquely identified
> by its offset into the ds. ( along with the eds file name ).  Using these
> keys, a proc could lookup the quslfld generated table for the column heading
> and other info of the field.  From there, an on the fly html making program
> could generate a web page showing a fields value and its column heading.
>
> The following code may look messy, but it has a write once advantage to it:
>      AddColumnToHtmlTable( conExtDsFileName:
>                            %offset( Employee.Name ):
>                            Employee:
>                            sHtmlTableString ) ;
>
> Where Employee is a qualified DS that contains the data to display.
> And sHtmlTableString is a string that will be written to stdout to display
> the web page.

How odd indeed!

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AddColumnToHtmlTable(conExtDsFileName:
                     %addr(Employee.Name)-%addr(Employee):
                     Employee:
                     sHtmlTableString);
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Cheers! Hans