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Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I guess it's the explicit part I'm having trouble with.  To me, I don't see 
> where I have explicitly defined anything.  The qualified DS is defined based 
> on the physical file and the logical files used in the program are externally 
> described without any redefinition in the logical DDS.  Again, taking it's 
> definition from the physical file.  If everything is being defined in terms 
> of the physical file why are the defined differently in the program?  That's 
> what is confusing me.
> 

Rick, anything defined on D specs is explicitly defined; defining an
externally-described data structure explicitly defines the data
structure and its subfields.

It might help to look in the compiler listing.  You can see the
expansion of the externally-described data structure into multiple D
specs.


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