Re: Use of IMPORT with lower case variables -- MIDRANGE-L

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Tim wrote:
>I have an annoying little problem I've run into before but never
>resolved. How can I import a lower case named variable defined in a C
>module into an RPG program? Since RPG converts names to upper case I get
>an error at link time. The manual states that the keyword EXTNAME can be
>used with IMPORT but...IMPORT must be used on a field definition and
>EXTNAME is not allowed for a field definition.!!

If you can, move to V4R2.  IMPORT (and EXPORT) now allow you
to specify a literal which represents the real external name
of the variable.

(EXTNAME is used to identify the external file name for an
externally described data structure.)

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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