Re: RPG Code advise...

Thanks Charles.

I created a test program but it compiled. I recall that it used to give
an error. So I hit the web again.

It turns out that *ALL is also available at V7R1 with PTF SI54502
([1]http://ibm.biz/rpg_full_alias_and_easier_ds_io).

We are still at V7R1 but do have the PTF applied.

Thanks,

Rob

On 11/10/2017 4:09 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:

It changed...but not till 7.2+
[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 [3]<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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