RE: Two Questions.

["Barton, Mike" <Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>b)  Is it possible to define the length of a variable in CLLE same as the
>record length of an externally define physical >file?.

>Not exactly but...
>
>One kludge is to simply declare the file in your cl
>and then use that field as a variable within the pgm !
>(but not actually read the file itself)
>

ah! this will work on fields but not whole records.
Best go with the pointer solution suggested by Ken.

Mike
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