This is true, the initialize command does not do anything with elements
defined as FILLER.  Another way to do it is to put a value clause on the
FILLER fields.  Unless you move spaces, and then initialize the 01.


Ron Horner
HP3000 Senior Programmer/Analyst
Administrative Management Group
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   John Backus [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Thursday, December 17, 1998 1:31 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        Re: 01 Level Initialization in COBOL

        It has been my experience that any items named FILLER do not get
initialized
        properly.  In such cases,  if I want such items to be
initialized with the
        INITIALIZE statement, I name them FILLER-1 thru FILLER-n
throughout the
        entire record or table.

        John Backus
        Beechglen Development, Inc.