RE: Indicator Redux

Dave Turnidge wrote on 06/12/2006 11:26:28 AM:

Because on my display file, I am using "27" as a conditioning indicator.
When I test it in debug, it doesn't come on, but ExcludeSys is *ON.
Therefore, the action that I am attempting to do on the display file
isn't happening. 

Okay, so you have something like this


     A            SCBRKRPROV     2A  B 18 76DSPATR(UL)
     A  27                                  DSPATR(PC)
     A  27                                  DSPATR(RI)

in your display file?

If that is the case, and you have INDARA/INDDS, your INDDS (the one 
referenced on the F-spec), should have something like this:
     D indicators...
     D                 DS            99
     D   exit                  3      3N
     D   prompt                4      4N
     D   changeCusts           9      9N
     D   excludeSys...
     D                        27     27N

Then, in your RPG, you have to always use "excludeSys = *ON", _not_ "*IN27 
= *ON".  In this case, *IN27 <> excludeSys.  If you really wanted to, you 
might be able to define the indicators DS as BASED(&addr(*IN01)) or 
something, but IMHO that would be asking for trouble.  Personally, I avoid 
the *IN indicators like the plague, because they are just too difficult to 
read, and you never know when someone might accidentally reuse one for 
another purpose.

So, if I wanted to set the excludeSys based on the result of a file check, 
I'd do something like this:
/free
 chain (keys) file;
 excludeSys = %found();
/end-free

Then, excludeSys will be *ON if the record was found, *OFF otherwise.

HTH,
Adam

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