RE: System36 File Access in a Procedure

["Andy Youens" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for both your replies
The subproc does not have any local variables, just using the I spec's
on the global definition.
As this coding will ultimately run on a clients V4.3 machine, I'm not
using a datastructure for the result of the chain.
Can a subproc have local I spec's?
I realise the S/36 file is irrelevant, just trying to provide more
information.
Many thanks.
Andy Youens | Senior IBM Consultant | formaserve systems ltd
http://www.formaserve.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
S/36 files are no different to any other program described file.  So
.....
Most likely cause is that you have local copies of the file's fields
defined
in the subproc but are not doing a read/chain with the DS as a result
field.
Unless you use the "into DS result" option, I/O will _always_ use the
global
fields.  If the same fields are defined in the subproc then the subproc
code
will see the local fields but not the data.

That would explain why changing it to a program works, since everything
is
then using the global variables.