The SAVEIND keyword specifies the number of indicators that are to be saved and restored for each device attached to a mixed or multiple device file. Before an input operation, the indicators for the device associated with the previous input or output operation are saved. After the input operation, the indicators for the device associated with this current input operation are restored.
Specify a number from 1 through 99, as the parameter to the SAVEIND keyword. No indicators are saved and restored if the SAVEIND keyword is not specified, or if the MAXDEV keyword is not specified or specified with the parameter *ONLY.
If you specified the DDS keyword INDARA, the number you specify for the SAVEIND keyword must be less than any response indicator you use in your DDS. For example, if you specify INDARA and CF01(55) in your DDS, the maximum value for the SAVEIND keyword is 54. The SAVEIND keyword must not be used with shared files.
The INDDS keyword cannot be specified with this keyword.
When you specify the SAVEIND keyword but not the MAXDEV keyword, the ILE RPG program assumes a multiple device file.