RE: Data structure overlay *next failure

Darren,
All of my overlay(xxx:*next) code references a DS *field*, not the DS name

Here is one example:
D DS
D PF# 35A DIM(PFmax) Ascend
D PFC# 5A Overlay(PF#)
D PFV# 30A Overlay(PF#:*Next)


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Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:18 AM
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Subject: Data structure overlay *next failure


I'm having an issue creating arrarys over fields in a data structure. I have something like the following, but the *next function doesn't work with the arrays. They seem to get their own memory, rather than being overlaid on the XWrkC* fields. I've seen lots of overlay examples, but I don't see them specify the actual data structure name in the overlay *next command, so I'm wondering if there is some restriction I haven't seen yet, where you aren't supposed to overlay on the data structure itself, but only on the subfields. In this case, the fields are actually display file fields, but I've seen this behavior with independently declared fields as well.



D ParmDS DS INZ
D XEnd6 overlay(ParmDS)
D XWeeks overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D xFac overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D XBuyC overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D XPlnC overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D XPVnd overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D XDept overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D XITYP overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D XWrkC1
D XWrkC2
D XWrkC3
D XWrkC4
D XWrkC5
D XWrkC6
D XWrkCA Like(xWrkC1) Dim(6)
D overlay(ParmDS:*next)
D xItem1
D xItem2
D xItem3
D xItem4
D xItem5
D xItem6
D xItemA Like(xItem1) Dim(6)
D overlay(ParmDS:*next)

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