Re: QSYSINC/QUSLFLD usage in RPG in V5R2

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:46:39 -0500, Krish Thirumalai
<krishnithya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried to do this, but i get a message
> 
> File QSYSINC/QRPGLESRC does not have output file capability.
> 
> What do i need to do  to give output file capability to the file in
> the QSYSINC library.

make a copy of it and change the copy.

-Steve

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Krish
> 
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:54:56 -0600, Bob Cozzi <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yes I've had that problem too.
> > You go into the include member and delete those fields and then you're fine.
> > But you DO NOT physically delete them. Do this instead:
> >       /IF DEFINED(*V5R2M0)
> >      DQUSICCSW              477    492P 0
> >       /ENDIF
> >
> > IBM should have done this; it is a crime that they don't know how to use
> > their very own system. So it is up to you to do what's best.
> > -Bob
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Krish Thirumalai
> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:01 AM
> > To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: QSYSINC/QUSLFLD usage in RPG in V5R2
> >
> > We just recently upgraded our OS to V5R2 and we had a program that was
> > using the QUSLFLD
> >
> > D/COPY QSYSINC/QRPGLESRC,QUSLFLD
> >
> > We have always compiled to a previous release, when creating the
> > program. We are now seeing a compile error for around 8 fields that
> > are in the copy book. One of the errors is with this field below.
> >
> > QUSICCSW              477    492P 0
> >                                             IC Curr Start With
> >
> > RNF0503 - Length of numeric item QUSICCSW00 is greater than 30
> > digits; defaults to 30.
> >
> > The problem is that IBM decided to add 31 byte numeric fields to the
> > end of the record formats QUSL0100, and now we cannot get these
> > programs to compile after we introduced a small change, unless we
> > decide to set the targer compile release to V5R2.
> >
> > Has anyone encountered this problem and how has it been handled other
> > than deciding to not use QSYSINC any more.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Krish
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