RedMage1967
Programmer
I've ran into a couple of problems with the File Designer that comes with Code/400.
It likes to change spacing command on you, so watch out.
For example, I coded a SKIPB(61), to print a historly line on line 61. The designer, when it created the DDS source for the file, changed the SKIPB(61) to a SPACEB(56). The end result was the history line floated, which was not my intent.
Also, I coded some fields to print two postions after the previous field (+2). The field incidentally begins in POS 14. When the DDS was written, the designer changed the start position of the field from (+2) to (+14). Which had the end result of shoving the data off the edge of the page.
I'm now in the habit of double checking the DDS Source BEFORE I compile the file, just to make sure the designer hasn't tried to be helpful and change my spacing commands around.
RedMage1967
IBM Certifed - RPG IV Progammer
It likes to change spacing command on you, so watch out.
For example, I coded a SKIPB(61), to print a historly line on line 61. The designer, when it created the DDS source for the file, changed the SKIPB(61) to a SPACEB(56). The end result was the history line floated, which was not my intent.
Also, I coded some fields to print two postions after the previous field (+2). The field incidentally begins in POS 14. When the DDS was written, the designer changed the start position of the field from (+2) to (+14). Which had the end result of shoving the data off the edge of the page.
I'm now in the habit of double checking the DDS Source BEFORE I compile the file, just to make sure the designer hasn't tried to be helpful and change my spacing commands around.
RedMage1967
IBM Certifed - RPG IV Progammer
