RE: Prototype for a command parameter.

So now I've got:
     D SROBJFTPR       PI
*ENTRY
     D  ObjList                            like(ObjListDS)
...
     D ObjListDs       DS
     D  NbrElem                       2b 0
     D  Obj                          10a   dim(300)
...
      /free
       ObjListDS=ObjList;
       *inlr=*on;
       return;
      /end-free

In debug, a break on the *inlr line shows the following:
ObjList=null
While in hex it is equal to
00020001E74040404040404040400001E8404040404040404040
Now, I passed it, and the two object names, X and Y,  or in hex E7 and E8.

I understand the 0002 is the number of elements.  Why does each element
begin with hex0001?

Perhaps there is some strange bug in the Code/400 debugger that assumes
that if the first position is hex'00' then the whole variable is null.


NbrElem=2
OBJ(1), OBJ(2), OBJ(3) are all null
OBJ(4, and on) start to show the values of the other parameters passed in.

So then I changed to:
...
     D SROBJFTPR       PI
*ENTRY
     D  ObjList                            like(ObjListDs)
...
     D ObjListDs       DS
     D  eObjList                      2b 0
     D  aObjList                     12a   dim(300)
     D   eObj                         5i 0 overlay(aObjList)
     D   Obj                         10a   overlay(aObjList:*next)
...

Not very consistent on the 2b or 5i but it does show you they are
interchangable.

I tried to define ObjList as varying but the %len of it was always equal to
eObjList.  Two, which we know is the number of elements and not the length
of the variable.


Rob Berendt

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The parameter will be sent as a list value since you have MAX(300)
specified.
The first two bytes will contain a 2-byte binary (or "short" integer)
value that identifies the number of elements sent on the list.

Your parm will need to be MOVEL'd to a data structure that has something
like this defined:

D List      DS
D  nCount                  5I 0
D  ObjectList             10A    DIM(300)



Bob Cozzi
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> -----Original Message-----
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On
> Behalf Of rob@dekko.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:45 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Prototype for a command parameter.
>
>
> I have a command parameter set up like:
>              PARM       KWD(OBJ) +
>                         TYPE(*GENERIC) +
>                         LEN(10) +
>                         SNGVAL( +
>                           (*ALL )) +
>                         MIN(1) +
>                         MAX(300) +
>                         EXPR(*YES) +
>                         VARY(*YES) +
>                         PROMPT('Objects')
>
> On the screen it looks like:
> Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . .  __________     Name, generic*, *ALL
>                + for more values  __________
> How do I define this in my PR and PI?
> I tried the following
>      D  Obj                        3002a   options(*varsize)
> and
>      D  Obj                        3002a   varying
> and in debug they were both null.
>
> Rob Berendt
>
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