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Is it possible to declare a GDA for an external subroutine?
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Answer / jamil ahmad
YES. A GDA can be used in an external subroutine. Thats
where a GDA comes in real handy. I personally rather use a
subprogram but developers use subroutine and like it. You
dont have to pass any parameter but you must use the GDA.
Upon returning from the subroutine you can interrogate the
glbal fields for your edits. Here is an example of an
external subroutine (chopped off to fit here): (I didnt
write this but use it all the time, works perfect)
DEFINE DATA
GLOBAL USING DSLGLOB
LOCAL
1 #NAME (A15) INIT <' '>
1 REDEFINE #NAME
2 #ARRAY (A1/15)
1 #X (N2)
1 #LENGTH (N2)
1 #BLANK (A1) INIT <'N'>
END-DEFINE
***********************************************
DEFINE SUBROUTINE NAME-EDIT
***********************************************
ETC ETC
END-SUBROUTINE
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Answer / dd
One can not declare/create GDA in an external subroutine,
instaed it can use the GDA that is present in main calling
program.
Subprograms even don't have access to GDA. As they only need
the parameter data area to communicate with the calling program.
If a module of type program(P1) is calling another module of
Program(P2) using Fetch return then P2(the called program
module) can't have GDA defined in it.
But with fetch both can have GDA variables.
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Answer / ganesh.b.s
An external subroutine can access the global data area used
by the invoking object(Program, Subprogram)
Moreover, parameters can be passed with the PERFORM
statement from the invoking object to the external
subroutine. These parameters must be defined either in the
DEFINE DATA PARAMETER statement of the subroutine, or in a
parameter data area used by the subroutine. Programs,
Subprograms and Subroutines Programming Guide
In addition, an external subroutine can have its local data
area, in which the fields that are to be used only within
the subroutine are defined.
However, an external subroutine cannot have its own global
data area.
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Answer / niki
No its not possible to declare gda for external subroutine,
because external routine contains only logic not the data
variables. the external subroutine will lookmlike this
define subroutine-1.
........
.......
end-subroutine.
there is no define data bolck as such
please correct me if i am wrong.
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