> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Rothlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:17 PM > Subject: Re: Data Structures in .Net?
> My goal in posting this question was to see if .Net had some way to support multiple > variables pointing to the same set of memory. That's sounds like a reasonable thing to me. > If it did support that, it would save me the time of having to construct these data > structure classes. As I said before, you can do it if you introduce some sort of FixedString class and use it instead of .NET's System.String. > That's not valid for the ASCII formatted-positional file format. So you'd have to go in > and add a buffer function to adjust the number of trailing spaces. At that point, what's > the point! Why not just use the class/property solution, which you say is silly. Doesn't Again, if you don't use a String but rather your own FixedString, this will be taken care off in one place, keeping your classes relatively clean. When I had to use MF generated files (ADABAS/Natural and not COBOL, but for all practical purposes the output data looks the same), I found it most covenient to create XML schemas describing the MF data format, and importing it to a DataSet (with one row per text line). This allowed me to use the DataSet's built-in DataRelations to track down many MF based bugs (suppose another record type also has a Last Name First Name combination, with a properly set DataRelation you can catch mismatching files right away). I'd still use COBOL.NET if it's acceptable, I don't think there's COBOL for JVM, and that gives you a very obvious edge over the company proposing a Java solution. Itay. <html><body><center><hr><b><font face=arial size=2>Visit the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's Website<a href=http://www.tase.co.il> www.tase.co.il</a></b></body></html> =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
