Re: More on global declarations in RPG IV

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought I was the only one who dropped the first letter of a word in
searches . . .


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In a recent thread, there was some question about global variables,
> etc., when using the MAIN control keyword. I had mentioned that some
> things still must be global. I believe that one of them is compile-time
> arrays. If you want to find all the messages that deal with "global",
> here's a way to do that -
>
> Execute the following command -
>
> DSPMSGD RANGE(*ALL) MSGF(QDEVTOOLS/QRPGLEMSG) DETAIL(*FULL) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
>
> Then you can search for 'lobal' in the spooled file - this covers
> possible upper- or lower-case "G" in the word "global"
>
> So have fun. And I did find, in the RPG ILE Reference, this note about
> CTDATA, footnote 2
>
> This keyword applies only to global definitions.
>
> Random musings while on vacation! I know, I'm rubbing it in!
> Vern
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