Re: Indicator Redux

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

If you put INDARA in your display file, and don't put INDDS in your RPG 
program, then you will never be able to modify the indicators used by 
the display file (or maybe you get a compile-time error, I can't remember).

If you DO use INDDS, then you MUST use INDARA (a compile-time error if 
you don't I'm pretty sure).

If you do use INDARA and INDDS, then you are correct, nothing in the 
IndArrPtr data structure will affect the DDS, as long as you didn't use 
INDDS(IndArrPtr).

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

Turnidge, Dave wrote:
> Thank you! I guess that kinda rounds out my education. So, if I use
> INDARA, DON'T use INDDS, and use the "pointer method" then everything
> will work the way I expected originally. If I DO use the INDDS, I have
> just added another 99 indicators, but nothing I do in my IndArrPtr data
> structure (your name below) will affect the DDS. Right? 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holden Tommy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:36 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: Indicator Redux
>
> Using INDDS you have 2 sets of indicators 1 -99.  One set (the INDDS) is
> used to control the display file functions & the others (*IN) are usable
> only by the RPG program.  Setting on the excludesys will not in anyway
> affect the indicators in the *IN set of indicators.  Personally I don't
> use INDDS...I just overlay the *IN set with meaningful names so I can
> reference either *IN27 or ExcludeSys.
>
> For example:
> D IndArrPtr       s               *   Inz(%Addr(*In)) 
>                                                       
> D                 ds                  Based(IndArrPtr)
>                                                       
> D Sfl1_Dsp               30     30                    
> D Sfl1_DspCtl            31     31                    
> D Sfl1_Clear             32     32                    
> D Sfl1_End               97     97                    
>                                                       
> D Sfl2_Dsp               40     40                    
> D Sfl2_DspCtl            41     41                    
> D Sfl2_Clear             42     42                    
> D Sfl2_End               98     98                    
>
> This will overlay the *IN indicators so now I can reference *IN30 or
> SFL1_DSP & "both" are turned on since they are actually the same
> indicator ( place in memory) 
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
>
>
>