ELEMENT vs ITEM definition

[Cindy Lomas]

Hi, all

I have run into a problem compiling our dictionary using PDL for 8.20b.
There is an element defined as char*1 and then at the item level as char*2.
There is a select on the item of "15". Below is the element definition, the
item definition and the error. The file is sequential with 2 records. Does
anyone have any thoughts? New restriction under 8.20? We don't have any
manuals for 8.20 as yet, so I can't look it up.

Element RECORD-TYPE                      CHARACTER Size 1 &
  Default Item Datatype CHARACTER SIZE 1                  &
  Heading     " "                                         &
  Label       " "                                         &
  Description "Used to specify type of record on a file with multiple" &
              "record types.                                         "
 

Item RECORD-TYPE &
   Datatype CHARACTER         Size     2 &
   Select "15"
*E* The string may not have more than 1 characters. 
 
We are running on an Alpha with OpenVMS

Thanks,
Cindy Lomas

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