Re: Indicators -- not needed anymore???

[rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

all true.   until you use the INDDS keyword.   then, all false.

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:06:55 -0000, Jonathan Mason
<jonathan.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Charles
> 
> >> Actually,
> >> You've got 99 for RPG itself, and 99 for each display or printer file....
> >> So if you had 1 display and two printer files, you could be using up to
> 396
> >> indicators!!!
> 
> Are you sure?  I've been programming in RPG for 20 years now, and that's the
> first time I've heard that the indicators used in display and printer files
> are different to those used in "RPG".  I've always been under the impression
> that the 99 response indicators were shared and unique only to the program
> (OPM) or module (ILE) itself.  After all, when setting indicator values
> there's no way to differentiate between the indicator being for a display
> file or a printer file.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l
> or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
> 
>