Re: The RPG PTFs for the July TR-timed enhancements are available

Barbara Morris <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:59:09 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.as400.rpg
Organization IBM
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-07-24 9:30 a.m., Brian Parkins wrote:
 > ...
 > Correct me if I am wrong, I don't believe the following would embed the
 > Record Format or cause a Format Level Id check.
 >
 > Dcl-DS ExternalDefn ExtName('EMPLOYEE') Template;
 > End-DS;
 > ...

You're right, Brian. The compiler only embeds the level format id for 
externally-described files, not for externally-described data structures.

For externally-described data structures, you wouldn't get a level check 
if the external file changed after the program was compiled.

-- 
Barbara

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