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​The source code can become corrupted when adding Help Specifications to a
display file​ using the visual designer and dropping the help spec on the
screen. It's rare, but indicates an issue in parsing the DDS.

I had this code (remember the A spec type is not required):

RTNCSRLOC(
&DLGCSRREC
&DLGCSRFLD
&DLGCSRPOS
)
DLGCSRREC 10A H
DLGCSRFLD 10A H
DLGCSRPOS 4S 0H

​I dropped a help specification on the screen. Help specs go between the
record-level keywords and the first "field".
After dropping the help spec, the source looked like this:​

RTNCSRLOC(
A H
HLPRCD(DLGSCR)
A HLPARA(8 42 8
52)
&DLGCSRREC
&DLGCSRFLD
&DLGCSRPOS
)
DLGCSRREC 10A H
DLGCSRFLD 10A H
DLGCSRPOS 4S 0H

​Sometimes keywords do not fit on one line. If I make sure that BLINK or
OVERLAY or something small (complete) is the last keyword, it works better.



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