RE: 'E DS' in sub-procedure

["Fisher, Don" <Dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apparently the definition of the data structure in the sub-procedure without
using "PREFIX" causes separate copies of those field values to be maintained
within the sub-procedure.  If you retrieve a record from the file in the
sub-procedure, the fields will not be populated with the values in the
record because the file is defined outside the sub-procedure.  This makes
the field in the file global in scope versus the private scope of the fields
in the data structure.  

Check out the archives for November, 2003 at Midrange.com for a good
discussion of this subject after I asked a similar question. 

Hope that helps. 

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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- A main program opens a file (FILE_A) as UPDATE
(allow ADDITION).
- A sub-procedure within the main program will define
a DS based on FILE_A, assign some values and WRITE to
FILE_A
- The result is A BLANK Record written to FILE_A
- If I move the 'E DS' definition of FILE_A out to the
main program, it worked.
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