RE: D RecordDS ds LikeRec(FILEAF)

It is too a solution. I use it all the time. Using an external DS without changing the field names will allow the fields to be populated on just a read/chain. I do this when checking for changes between the chain and update the file.

I'm not saying that it's the correct way, but again it is too a solution. I have never ran into problems with this and I have never read into a DS.


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:43 AM
To: 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
Subject: 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

-----Original Message-----
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.