IBM AS/400 with, Using Program-Described WORKSTN Files, Using a Program-Described, Format

Using Program-Described WORKSTN Files

¹ What data is sent

¹What ICF functions to perform.

If	a format		name is used, input and output		specifications				must		be
the	input	and	output	records.
You can specify PASS(*NOIND) on a file description specification for a
described WORKSTN file. The PASS(*NOIND) keyword					indicates			that		the	RPG
program will not additionally pass indicators to					data		management			on	outp
receive		them	on input. It is your responsibility			to pass			indicators
as	fields (in the form *INxx, *IN, or *IN(x)				)	in	the	input		or	outp
be	specified		in the sequence required by		the	data		description s
You	can	use	the DDS	listing to determine this	sequence.

Using a Program-Described

WORKSTN

File

with

a

Format

Name

The

following

specifications

apply

to

using

a

format

name

for

a

progr

WORKSTN

file.

Output Specifications

On

the

output

specifications, you

must

specify

the

WORKSTN

file name

7 through 16. The format name, which is the name of the

DDS

record

specified as a literal or named

constant

in

positions

53

through

80

o

ceeding field description line. K1 through K10 must be specified (r

positions 47 through 51 on

the

line

containing

the

format

name.

The

K

entry

as a

length

rather

than

an

end

position,

and

the

number

indica

of the format name. For example,

if the format name is

CUSPMT,

the

e

tions

47

through

51

is

K6.

(Leading

zeros

following

the

K

are

allowed

name cannot be conditioned (indicators

in

positions

21

through

29

are

Output

fields

must

be

located

in

the

output

record

in

the

same

ord

the DDS; however, the field names

do

not

have

to

be

the

same.

The

entries

for

the

fields

refer

to

the

end position

in

the

output

re

RPG program to data management, and not

to

the

location

of

the

field

screen.

To pass indicators on output, do one of the following:

¹ Specify the	keyword	INDARA in	the	DDS for the WORKSTN file. Do no
the PASS(*NOIND)	keyword	on the	file	description specification and d

specify the indicators on the output specifications. The program separate indicator area to pass the indicators.

¹Specify the PASS(*NOIND) keyword on the file description specificati

Specify		the	indicators in			the output specifications as fields	in
The	indicator		fields		must	precede other fields in the output	re
must	appear		in	the	order	specified by the WORKSTN file DDS.	You
mine	this	order		from	the	DDS listing.

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