RE: Qualified file names

A qualified file won't generate the I-specs and O-specs at compile time.

I'm a big fan of the grouping that occurs when using Qualified. If a format is being updated, I can see exactly which file is being updated. And to those who say it takes longer to type out, it doesn't when you use autocomplete (ctrl-space).

The Content Assist tool is also great with qualified data structures. You can press ctrl-space after the period to see all the subfields, so for data structures defined like files, you see all the fields in the file. You can then filter down those by starting to type the name of the field (and autocomplete is an option as well).

I hope your code exploring goes well, Jeff.

Kurt Anderson
Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Application Development, Service Delivery Platform

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Young
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 4:18 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Qualified file names

Thanks David.
I had thought it might be something like that.

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 3/21/2014 2:48 PM, Jeff Young wrote:

I recently started using data structures for my file IO. I also used
the Qualified keyword on the file definitions. What advantages does
this have if I am not defining the file in a subprocedure or using
it a a parameter?

You don't have to rename the format names anymore ... just use the
<filename>.<formatname> notation.

So a physical and logical over that physical could be included in a
program without renaming the format for one of them.

david



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