-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert A. Rosenberg Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VSE & RPG question
AT 16:23 +0200 ON 05/30/2009, GILBERT SAINT-FLOUR WROTE ABOUT RE: VSE & RPG QUESTION: >RPG was designed for punch-cards, and like DYL260, requires >programmers to write code in specific columns. Not really convenient >when programmers use 3270-type terminals instead of card-punch >machines. If you are using SPF, you just need to set up a Tabs bar and either tab between columns or just type a tab glyph character (which you set). Thus you can type: Field1\Field2\Field3 etc. (where the \ is the tab glyph you defined) and as soon as you hit Enter, the characters will move to the correct locations on the line. This is no different from entering ASM or COBOL code. <SNIP> And you are going to change your edit macro (or have it smart enough to handle...) as you need to enter/update F/E/L/I/C/O/** specs? (If you don't know RPG, you won't recognize "**"). BTDT, and it sucks. Regards, Steve Thompson -- Opinions expressed by this poster may not reflect those of poster's employer -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
