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Subject: Re: MSGDTALEN - input, output or both?
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 15:07:37 -0400
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On 9/1/2015 2:30 PM, Joe Pluta wrote:

I'm having a brain cramp and for some reason nothing I find online fixes
it.

Prompt RCVMSG, then press F1 with the cursor on that keyword.

When I'm doing a RCVMSG, is the variable I specify in MSGDTALEN an
input or an output?

It's input to RCVMSG.

If I specify MSGDTA but don't
specify MSGDTALEN can I overrun my buffer?

Don't know; never did that.

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