Re: RPG Code advise...

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

It changed...but not till 7.2+
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzasd/rpgrelv7r2post.htm

Relaxed rules for data structures for I/O operations
An externally-described data structure or LIKEREC data structure defined
with type *ALL can be used as the result data structure for any I/O
operation. See File Operations

Charles



On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I always use a *INPUT and *OUPUT when using likerec for updating a file
> (when using data structures).  I seem to recall that *ALL only worked for
> displays not files.
>
> I'm reviewing a colleague's code and wasn't sure if using one data
> structure with *ALL would work for a file.
>
> I'm on V7R1.  Has this been changed or are two data structures still
> required when updating a file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
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