Re: Indicator Redux

["Rory Hewitt" <roryhewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Francis,

Fair enough. I find it simple to have the INDARA keyword in my DSPF's, *
don't* specify INDDS for the display file in my RPG program and use the
following in my RPG programs:

D Indicators@     S               *   Inz(%addr(*IN))
D Indicators      DS                  Based(Indicators@)
D Inds                          99A
D   SflClr                        N   Overlay(Inds:20)
...

which works exactly the same as your method (named indicators etc.), but
allows the display file to be recompiled without the program also needing to
be recompiled if I simply add another CA/CF command key to the DSPF...

I've never used the INDDS keyword with this method - there's no need.

Horses for courses, as they say in my homeland.

Rory


On 12/6/06, Lapeyre, Francis <FLAPEYRE@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's just my preference. It is a lot easier for me to convert an old
> program that has *INxx to using named indicators this way. I never got
> the hang of using INDARA, and I never really saw the advantage to it. To
> me, a separate area for the display indicators is not an advantage. I'd
> rather have the variables global.
>
> Francis Lapeyre
> IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
> Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
> E-mail: flapeyre@xxxxxxxx