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Unless I am misunderstanding what you are doing, why use the data 
structure? 


Eval LastUpdateD =  %Char(DUpdateDDate) + '  ' + %Char(UpdateDTime)

Can't you do that, with LastUpdateD defined as Alpha?



Mike



rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/04/2005 02:09:24 PM:

> I have a display file that has a 19 byte character field called 
DLSUPDATED.
> 
> I need to concatenate two fields from a physical file and place it in 
this 
> field.  Those two fields are LSPUPDDT (date field), and LSPUPDTIM (time 
> field).
> 
> I created a data structure for this:
> 
> 0041.03 D                 DS 
> 0041.04 DLASTUPDATED               1     16 
> 0041.05 DUPDATEDDATE              1     10 
> 0041.06 DUPDATEDTIME             12     19 
> 
> Then in a subroutine I moved the physcial file fields into the 
DUPdATEDDATE 
> and DUPDATEDTIME portions of the Data structure.  then attempted to 
write it 
> out with a move statement moving the LASTUPDATED to the display field 
> DLSPUPDATED.
> 
> I am getting a compile error that is telling me the fields are not 
defined. 
> there is also another error that is telling me that the types are not 
> compatible.....
> 
> Any help would be appreciated....I'm at a loss on how to correct this.
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