Re: RNF3316: The item has already been defined on a Definition,Specification; specification is ignored.

Wait a minute. I'm not sure this error makes sense. The error is
000001=OINVMAS

*---------------------------------------------------------------------
* RPG record format . . . . :
INVMAS
* External format . . . . . : INVMAS :
QS36F/INVMASP

*---------------------------------------------------------------------
000002=O IVITM# 6S ZONE
6,0
.
.
.
000020=O IVUL$ 63P PACK 7,2
*RNF3316 30 014100 The item has already been defined on a
Definition
Specification; specification is ignored.
000021=O IVZCOD 64A CHAR 1
.
.
.
000027=O IVLN$ 85P PACK
7,2
*RNF3316 30 014200 The item has already been defined on a
Definition
Specification; specification is
ignored.
000028=O IVDTQT 90S ZONE
5,0
Line 141, 142 reads

014000 C*
014100 C *like define ivul$ cost
014200 C *like define ivln$ landed
014300 C*

So my understanding is that variable cost is being defined like field
ivul$. From the manual "Define a field based on the attributes (length
and decimal positions) of another field". So ivul$ must be previously
defined. Does it make sense to be throwing the error?

Rob
On 2013-04-02 2:13 PM, Bob P. Roche wrote:

Has the field that it defined like changed since the last compile? I think
if it was the same size as the in line code definition the system would
have ignored it. I've seen copied rpg400 code define a variable multiple
times in line. The definition the same each time.




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Robert Rogerson [1]<rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
RPG programming on the IBM i / System i [2]<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date:
04/02/2013 01:08 PM
Subject:
RNF3316: The item has already been defined on a Definition,Specification;
specification is ignored.
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Hi All,

Today I attempted to recompile an existing, unmodified program which
has
not been changed in over a year. It failed to compile with an RNF3316
error on two fields.

The two fields are brought into the program from a file in the f-specs.
Later in the c-specs the fields are once again dined using *LIKE
DEFINE.

We are on V7R1.

Does anyone know if it was it allowed to define a field twice (once in
the
f-specs and later in the c-specs using *LIKE DEFINE) in earlier
versions
of the os?

The issue isn't how to fix it but rather how it ever successfully
compiled.

Thanks,

Rob

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