Re: Renaming Fields in RPG400

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Option 1 - Create a logicla file with short names
Option 2 - (I think better) Convert the program

Jonathan Mason wrote:

> I am currently modifying an RPG400 program and need to read an external file that, unfortunately, has field names longer than six characters.  I have tried renaming the fields in the I-specs, but get compiler error QRG4052 ("FIELD NAME EXCEEDS SIX CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS NOT RENAMED") as soon as the compiler tries to bring in the external definitions:
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> The section of code and errors look like this:
>
> FSYSPARMSIF  E           K        DISK
> ...
> ...
> IPARMREC     01
> I              PARMFLD1                        @KEY1
> I              PARMFLD2                        @KEY2
> I              PARMFLD3                        @KEY3
> I              PARMDATA                        @DATA
>
> * 4052             PARMFLD1 FIELD NAME EXCEEDS SIX CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS NOT RENAMED.
> * 4052             PARMFLD2 FIELD NAME EXCEEDS SIX CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS NOT RENAMED.
> * 4052             PARMFLD3 FIELD NAME EXCEEDS SIX CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS NOT RENAMED.
> * 4052             PARMDATA FIELD NAME EXCEEDS SIX CHARACTERS IN LENGTH AND IS NOT RENAMED.
>
> I have searched the net and the archives to no avail, all the examples I find are either ILE or using field names of six or less characters.  I know I can convert the source to RPG IV or call an RPG IV program to do the read, but was wondering if there is a way round this.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jonathan
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