On Monday 31 July 2006 17:42, Thompson, Steve , SCI TW wrote: > OK, to recap again, the sequence numbers are used for: > 1. IEBUDTE, which is used by SMP/E > 2. editor > 3. punched card sorter. > > Anything else ?
I use ISPF NUM STD extensively on PDS members. Besides setting sequence numbers in pos 73-78 of source members, NUM STD sets pos 79-80 to the member's LEVEL number in order to track changes. Strictly speaking, I don't really use sequence numbers, but I use a by-product of the method ISPF manages sequence fields. I rely on level numbers in pos 79-80 so much that I have an EDIT macro called LVL which recycles "gas levels", i.e. it compresses level numbers by reusing those which have no corresponding record in the member and adjusting pos 79-80 of the records, as needed. -- Gilbert Saint-Flour GSF Software http://gsf-soft.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
