DSIC FM VERIFY FIELD (1640)    REMOTE PROCEDURE (8994)

Name Value
NAME DSIC FM VERIFY FIELD
TAG VFIELD
ROUTINE DSICFM06
RETURN VALUE TYPE SINGLE VALUE
AVAILABILITY AGREEMENT
DESCRIPTION 
This will verify whether or not a field exists in a file (or subfile).
INPUT PARAMETER
  • FILE
    PARAMETER TYPE:   LITERAL
    MAXIMUM DATA LENGTH:   30
    REQUIRED:   YES
    SEQUENCE NUMBER:   1
    DESCRIPTION:   
    This is the number of the file (or subfile) or the full file name which 
contains the field to be verified.
  • FIELD
    PARAMETER TYPE:   LITERAL
    MAXIMUM DATA LENGTH:   30
    REQUIRED:   YES
    SEQUENCE NUMBER:   2
    DESCRIPTION:   
    This the the number of the field or its full field name.
RETURN PARAMETER DESCRIPTION 
If the field exists, return the field number.
Else return -1^error message