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  3. December 2006

RE: Does anyone use indicators anymore?



With the exception of display (and maybe printer) files, is 
there any good reason to use indicators anymore?


No.  There is nothing in the language that requires numbered indicators.  I
would also make the point that code such as If *IN03 = '1' has never been
needed in RPG IV.  A much better approach is to use a named constant with
the appropriate value. E.g. If *IN(ExitRequest)

Display and printer files can also make use of the INDDS keyword on the F
spec to allow the numbered indicators to be mapped to a DS containing named
indicators.


Jon Paris
Partner400

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