RE: D RecordDS ds LikeRec(FILEAF)

That's another option for how to define the DS, but not a solution. Neither is specifying the 2nd parameter to LikeRec.

The critical piece, Booth, is from George's second email, when you read the file, you need to read it _into_ the data structure. That is the magical piece you are ultimately missing.

-Kurt Anderson

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schutte, Michael D.
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:20 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: RE: D RecordDS ds LikeRec(FILEAF)

Change the likerec to Extname(FILEA) put an e two spaces before the ds

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:28 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: D RecordDS ds LikeRec(FILEAF)

FFILEA if e k disk
D RecordDS ds LikeRec(FILEAF)

Good grief, I hate to embarrass myself this way, but I will ask. Better
to learn, I guess.

I read a record from FILEA. In debug the record's fields are populated
with data. How do I get the data into RecordDS so I can use it? I
just assumed it would be there automagically, but that was a bad assumption.