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rajiv_garg08 · Beginner Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Topics: 2

Hey Guys,

Is there anyway to initialize an output record in Eazytrieve?

There are say a 100 fields in the output file....of which, only 5 are being populated....the rest should be initialized(depending on whether a field is alphanumeric/numeric)

kolusu · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:43 am Post subject:

rajiv_garg08,

Why not simply use a Move statement to initialize the fields?

rajiv_garg08 · Beginner Joined: 24 Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Topics: 2

Hi

Thanks for the quick reply. But i want to initialize all the varibles without using move statement as this is very time consuming. I am looking for something like INITIALIZE verb in COBOL.

Can you please provide how to use RESET option in Easytrieve. Thanks

kolusu · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:56 am Post subject:

rajiv_garg08,

You just code a proc for initializing the output fields and call it every time. Even with initialize verb you need to code each and every field of the output as there is no level number concept in easytrieve. In cobol you initialize the 01 level and all the fields defined below it are initialized based on the field definition. However that is not true with easytrieve. you do not have the 01 level type definition. so you are forced to use the individual fields.