Paul, that doesn't answer the question of whether data was written to the dataset with LRECL=X, the question I asked. Provides a way that the data is actually valid.
Otherwise the data is invalid. Are you really so sure that a program, with no knowledge of the expected structure of the data, can determine exactly how a VBS is pickled? Because if it is not exactly, it is no use. Someone will just fix what the message says, then find out later undeterminable bits of the data were missing or otherwise nonsense. Or they'll waste time looking at "this is what it says the error is", when the error is something else. If it's broke in a really weird way, a message to say "it's broke in a really weird way, you fix it, I don't want to give you a false sense of security" is fine with me. Mileage may vary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
