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I have three questions on CODE Designer. I'd appreciate any kind of help. 1.When I open up an existing PF source(originally created on AS400) with a field that has length 9000(say), CODE changes the length of the field to 3564 by itself when I open the field properties. Is it because the CODE doesn't support fields that long? 2. How could I define a Binay field of length say 18? If the DDS and DB2 AS400 supports these, how come CODE doesn't? 3. When the PF already exists in the target library, when I try to compile from Designer, it gives an error message saying File in Target already exists. I looked at virtually everything that has something like Replace(*Yes) but has been unsuccessful. I found similar setting for Programs and it works fine but not for Files. Please help me. Thanks, Nandoo, Software Systems Engineer, Countrywide Home Loans.
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CODE Designer PF field lengths
Hello Nandoo, Can you send me DDS segments that show the "before" and "after" for #1 and an example of #2 and I'll look into it. I'll ask about #3 on Monday, that would be something in Program Generator that Designer would call to do the compile on the host. Kind regards, Mike neerukonda@sbcglobal.net@sbcglobal.net wrote: >I have three questions on CODE Designer. >I'd appreciate any kind of help. > >1.When I open up an existing PF source(originally created on AS400) with a >field that has length 9000(say), CODE changes the length of the field to >3564 by itself when I open the field properties. Is it because the CODE >doesn't support fields that long? > >2. How could I define a Binay field of length say 18? >If the DDS and DB2 AS400 supports these, how come CODE doesn't? > >3. When the PF already exists in the target library, when I try to compile >from Designer, it gives an error message saying File in Target already >exists. I looked at virtually everything that has something like >Replace(*Yes) but has been unsuccessful. I found similar setting for >Programs and it works fine but not for Files. > >Please help me. >Thanks, >Nandoo, Software Systems Engineer, Countrywide Home Loans. > -
CODE Designer PF field lengths
Greetings! I have not looked into the first 2 questions, but on the third: >3. When the PF already exists in the target library, when I try to compile >from Designer, it gives an error message saying File in Target already >exists. I looked at virtually everything that has something like >Replace(*Yes) but has been unsuccessful. I found similar setting for >Programs and it works fine but not for Files. The replace option is a function of the compiler command. If you look at the native AS/400 commands, the CRT (insert bound, rpg, cobol, cl, etc.) have a replace option. The CRTPF does not have this prompt. IBM in their infinate wisdom, has determined that you don't want to wipe out a file that might contain live data with a single compile command. THEY DON'T TRUST US PROGRAMMERS! and with good reason. To replace a file, you must take cognitive action to move/delete/rename the file before you get to compile it. This covers both IBM's and your butt when the production data gets trashed. Regards; Jim Essinger Senior Programmer/Analyst Student Loan Fund of Idaho esinger NOSPAM @ fmtc . com 208-452-4068Comment
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