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cyberspecies · Beginner Joined: 26 Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Topics: 2

Please let me know the different ways of initializing fillers in a variable length record. INITIALIZE doesn't seem to do the job for VB records.

I have a para that populates all the individual fields except the fillers (ofcourse) and so the output file has low-values in the filler areas.
Can I just move SPACES to the record and that should take care of it?
If there are other simple ways (except for the one where we create a work area and initialize and move it to the output record), please let me know.

Cheers Smile

Cyberspecies.

SureshKumar · Intermediate Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 211 Topics: 21

You may initialize at the 01 level or
10 FILLER PIC X(??) VALUE SPACES.

Dibakar · Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 12:17 am Post subject:

cyberspecies,

Moving spaces should also work.

Dibakar.

slade · Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 12:33 am Post subject:

Hi CS,

You can do as Suresh suggests if the rec desc is not in the FD or move spaces to the 01 level BEFORE 8) the other moves.

BTW, the VB rec has nothing to do w/your problem, you can never INITIALIZE a field named "FILLER". One work around it to call them FILLER1, 2, etc.

Regards, Jack.