Re: HANS...look at this one please

There is a problem, although I don't specifically remember what it is, about
passing a single character variable between some programs, it might of been
CL to RPGLE even.  Try changing it to two characters and see if that fixes
it for you.

Regards,

Jim Langston

"William A.(Tony) Corbett" wrote:

> This is a weird problem, I hope Hans sees this, since he's the RPG Guy.
> I'm at V4R4.
> I've got a CLLE pgm which calls an OPM rpg pgm.
> The CL passes 4 parms, the 4th one is &OK, a flag ('0' or '1'), then the
> cl does other stuff, based on &OK.
> The CL calls the RPG with &OK set to '1', it stays a '1' right up thru
> the last statement of the RPG, then is a blank when it returns to the CL
> pgm.  I know all this by using ISDB on the RPG.
> This is a weird one, looks like a problem with variables going through
> activation groups, boundaries or something along those lines.
> The clle is *CALLER and is called from a CLP(from a menu).
>
> I recompiled the CLLE as a CLP, it works again.
> These pgms were written in 1989, have been working fine, until I changed
> the CLP to CLLE, just for better debug capabilities.
>
> I called in a PMR (63932-019)  An IBMer should be able to see the
> details of the call.
> The tech recommended I apply SF62366 (for 5769RG1) and SF60261,
> SF60936(for 5769SS1)
> They're downloading now and the tech is talking to their RPG developer
> to call me back
>
> Re-stated.
> CLP (menu) --> CLLE, calls OPM RPG (to create a splf) with &OK='1', then
> does other stuff based on return value of &OK, and ends
>
> I believe this to be a software defect and should be looked into.
>
> --
> William A.(Tony) Corbett
> corbett@asresources.com
> http://www.asresources.com
> http://www.cbt400.com
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