RE: DS / Overlay keyword

[J.Beckeringh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Mike,

You don't even have to supply the length for 'Field'; the compiler will 
happily calculate it for you.

Joep Beckeringh


>Alan,
>
>Thanks for the suggestion, but that produced the same error as I had 
>before.  I'm not sure that it matters if the *Next is coded in the first 
>Overlay field or not.  Ever since I recently started using Overlay, I 
have 
>always put the *Next in all the fields.  A different example being: 
(which 
>has worked for me)
>
> D DSName          DS
> D   Field                      9A 
> D   Part1                      3A   Overlay(Field: *Next)
> D   Part2                      3A   Overlay(Field: *Next)
> D   Part3                      3A   Overlay(Field: *Next) 
>
>But as Rob pointed out, I could put Overlay(DSName) on the FIELD 
>definition, instead of the Partx, and that will compile (although I 
>haven't tested it yet).
>
>Mike