Re: Load a record into a data structure for DEBUGGING purposes.

This might work.

Create a pointer that points to the first field in the file. then create a
data structure that is like your files record format and base it on the
pointer.

D recPtr                          *   Inz(%addr(firstField))

D recDs           ds                  likerec(RecordFormat)
D                                     based(recPtr)

I haven't tried it but I use a method like this to convert a series of
fields into an array. It should work for the whole record.

btw. Defining recDs with likerec() with automagically make it qualified.

Chris Bougher



                                                                                
                                                        
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"Or, do you mean that the fields are being used in other data structures?"

Yes.  I am using fields in other data structures to handle months
quantities,
quarters quantities, etc. This is an update file; when I do my calcs using
these
fields, which facilitate my life a lot, I just have to UPDATE.

This program is working fine.  The problem I am trying to present is, when
I
DEBUG, I want to be able to display the whole record layout with the fields
and
values of them at that precise time.  I saw this accomplished on the data
definitions specifications when defining a data structure but I can't
recall...

We are in V5R2...

Peter Vidal
Pall Aeropower Corp.
SR Programmer Analyst
WWW.Pall.com
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior
spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive
with our frail and feeble mind."
Albert Einstein



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