Re: Keeping Comments In SDA - Solution Found

John,


I eliminated the blank lines in the body of my comments, ran it through SDA and all of my comments survived. Standards vary from client to client for documentation protocols. Some don't have any comments and I try to provide them for the benefit of the next programmer.

Thanks for the help.



Robert Munday
Munday Software Consultants
Montgomery, AL


-----Original Message-----
From: John McKay<jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Aug 2, 2011 9:44 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Keeping Comments In SDA

Hi Robert,

The clue was in your question - "/many /of my comments vanish".

I copied your comments into a test dds and passsed it through SDA.

SDA ignored the comments after the first BLANK line, i.e. no comments after the *in77 comment were retained.


Regards,
John McKay mba

On 02/08/2011 14:49, Robert Munday wrote:

Greetings from the sunny south.

In writing screens for my RPG programs, I have encountered a problem and
ask for your guidance.

In the top section of the DDS code I include comments with program
information, modifications logs and documentation the indicator usage:

* *In75 - PC, RI On Color 10 Field, RI On Size 10 Field
* *In76 - PC, RI On Color 11 Field, RI On Size 11 Field
* *In77 - PC, RI On Color 12 Field, RI On Size 12 Field

*=========================================================================
* Modification History:
*=========================================================================
* Mod Proj# Int Date Desc
* ----- ----- --- ----------
-----------------------------------------
* M001 5291 RwM 07/27/2011 Expand To Two Screens
**************************************************************************

A DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)
A CA03(03 'F3=Exit')
A CF04(04 'F4=Prompt')
A CA05(05 'F5=Refresh')