re: RPG II

Remember that the communication between an RPG II program and the workstation 
file is just passing a buffer of data.  You parse the data in the "I" spec.  
and O spec. of the RPG II program.  That said, to design the workstation file 
record (S/D spec.s) you layout the fields across the first line with SDA.  
Next, you would use SEU to copy each column to it's respective row location 
thus forming an array for that column (you can not use the comma on the D 
spec.).  There is a limit to the number of fields that you can send with an 
"unordered" load but if you are careful with your design you should be okay.  
Then, you simply read (I spec.s) and write (O specs) the arrays between the 
program and the workstation file.  Oh yeah, you can edit each array as required 
and not have to mess with the individual elements on out-put.  Man, that was 
brain strain!
Dick J (AZ)