On 09/06/2008, at 11:46 PM, Lim Hock-Chai wrote:
Changing SNDMSG to use %str is probably not an option for me. This
procedure is being used by a lot of RPG applications already.
You should be able to make that change transparently. You are already
using and op-desc to handle length. Change that bit of code to test
for Null-terminate string and convert to fixed length or varying
using %STR. The rest of the code should remain untouched and
certainly will have no effect on the current consumers.
I might just need to call the QMHSNDPM api directly from the C
program.
Does anybody already has prototype and example for QMHSNDPM that can
share?
IBM provides quite good prototypes and structure definitions for C in
the H file in QSYSINC. See the QMH and QMHSNDPM members.
It's only the RPG and COBOL includes that are a bit crappy due to
primarily due to them being converted automatically from the C
includes but suffering from language limitations.
I'm a RPG programmer and is very weak in C language.
I dislike C (and absolutely HATE C++). It has too many weird
behaviours that require the programmer to play compiler while writing
code instead of just concentrating on the task.
I found three books very helpful:
o A Book on C by Al Kelley aand Ira Pohl
o Mastering C by Anthony Rudd
o Effective C by Scott Myers
Most of the plethora of C books are not worth purchasing because they
only cover the basics.
The first book listed covers the basics and advanced topics such as
concurrent processing (fork and spawn). interprocess communication
(pipe) and signals.
The second has good examples and information on the Standard Library
plus a chapter on portability and another on common C problems.
"Effective C" (and "Effective C++") is excellent at pointing out
obscure behaviour of C and how to avoid most of the problems with C.
Kernighan and Ritchie did us no favours by creating that language.
In addition the classic "The C Programming Language - 2nd Ed." is at
times useful.
Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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