RE: Using *OMIT & *NOPASS

Right, this is exactly what was happening to me, lovely MCH3601 message.

Rob Berendt

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                    Buck Calabro
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                    11/28/2001 06:33
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>When you define a command, you define the
>parameter interface for the command processing
>program.  All the parameters you define
>will be passed to your program.  If you define
>a 10A parameter with no default value and the
>user does not enter anything for it, you
>receive a 10A field containing blanks.

Very true, but if the parameter is defined as RTNVAL and the user doesn't
specify it, RPG will get a MCH3601 when it tries to refer to the "missing"
parameter.  That's when checking %addr(parm)=*null comes in.
  --buck
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