ELEMENT vs ITEM definition

[Ray Bailey]

I had the same problem under VMS 710G.

Element called NEWLINE char*1 with a value of 10.

This was so that we could write a newline character to a file.

The PDL who not accept it but luckily I could change the PDL and then adjust
if Element using the dictionary manager.

Could this be another reason for the dictionary manager to be
kept/transferred to Unix ???

Ray Bailey
Leicester
England

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> [mailto:owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu]On Behalf Of Cindy Lomas
> Sent: 28 April 1999 19:11
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: ELEMENT vs ITEM definition
>
>
> 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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