Re: Why you shouldn't be afraid to use VARCHAR in RPGLE

Hi Douglas, just move the Ds declaration before the varchar one:

dcl-ds  frf_control  extname('CONTROL');

dcl-s  p_folder             varchar(%len(actclon1));

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Il giorno lun 8 dic 2025 alle ore 15:56 DEnglander--- via RPG400-L <
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> Marco,
>
> I tried what you listed, and it won't compile. I am running V7R4, with TR
> 10. What version are you running?
>
>
> This is the line in my program:
>
> dcl-s  p_folder             varchar(%len(actclon1));
>
> ACTLON1 is a field in file CONTROL.
>
> I also have this a little further down in the source:
>
> dcl-ds  frf_control  extname('CONTROL');
>
> I get the RNF3320. What is even more strange in this program, is that I
> also have the CONTROL file opened for input in an F spec, and the compiler
> still is complaining. But the message appears to show its complaining
> about the varchar(%len()), not the actual field definition itself. That is
> why I'm thinking I need to maybe have TR 11 installed first.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Douglas Englander
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
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