RE: Help with data area in RPG

Donald,
We have printers though out the plant. When a tech prints a tag we want it to 
print at a printer near him. The tech can move around to different areas, but 
keep the same handheld with him. The tech could even sign off, so I do not want 
them to have to select the location each time they sign on.

I will give them a menu to select their location and then set the printer ID 
that is closest to them in their data area. It would then update his data area 
with the printer id.  In the print CL, I would read this data area and load the 
printer id into a declare statement which would set the printer outq in the 
print override.

If he moves, he could select the menu option to set a new printer id.

I have used the *LDA in other programs, but never tried to select a data area.

This seamed so simple at first. But with little experience in RPGLE I am have 
some problems.

Thanks for all the help you are giving me.

Willie
805-489-5144

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jonathan Mason
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 5:34 AM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Help with data area in RPG


<snip>
I guess I'm having a difficult time understanding why the data area needs to
be created with a different name for each user.  If the data area were to be
called LOCATION and placed in QTEMP, the problem with the data area name
being variable does not exist. 
</snip>

I can see why the data area could need a different name for each user - if
it needs to exist after the user signs off, for example.  However, if he's
having a difficult time reading the data area into his program then I would
either use it to populate the LDA as has been suggested or use a system API
as has also been suggested.

Jonathan