define global dummy field without a length

[Jeff Harrison]

--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com> wrote:

> From: Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com>
> Subject: define global dummy field without a length
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 1:09 PM
> Usual approach: aa(8,,g)
> 
> How can I define a global dummy field without the "8"?
> 
> aa(,,g) does not work.
> 
> aa is a variable length.
> 
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912
> _______________________________________________

Hi Dennis.  I don't think you can do that, but I'm wondering why you need to?  Why don't you just declare a very large size like aa(1000,,g) and then move it into a non-defined field if necessary in your local table?

For example if yy is your local non-defined field:

aa(1000,,g)
yy=aa { ""

Good Luck.

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com