Thanks David,
EASIER is in the eye of the beholder. PCML doesn't exactly look easy
and I am up against the same unknowns. Here is the PCML so far:
<pcml version="1.0">
<!-- PCML source for calling "Renew Certificate" (QYCDRNWC) API -->
<!-- Format RNWC0300 - Other formats are available -->
<struct name="rnwc0300">
<data name="offsettofile" type="int" length="4"
usage="input"/>
<data name="lengthoffilename" type="int" length="4"
usage="input"/>
<data name="certfile" type="char"
length="lengthoffilename" usage="input"/>
</struct>
<!-- Program QYCDRNWC and its parameter list for retrieving RNWC0300
format -->
<program name="qycdrnwc" path="/QSYS.LIB/QICSS.LIB/QYCDRNWC.SRVPGM">
<data name="certreqdata" type="struct" struct="rnwc0300"
usage="input"/>
<data name="reqdataLength" type="int" length="4"
usage="input" /> ???????????
<data name="format" type="char"
length="8" usage="input" init="RNWC0300"/>
<data name="errorCode" type="int" length="4"
usage="input" init="0"/>
</program>
</pcml>
The structure for the RNWC0300 format is:
Offset
Dec Hex Type Field
0 0 Binary (4) Offset to certificate path and file name
4 4 Binary (4) Length of certificate path and file name
Char (*) Certificate path and file name
So my first "stump the chump" query was "What PCML data type is a
Char(*)??" You can see my guess above. Is that correct? Just a character
string of a certain length? But, I think it is a pointer to the
character string but couldn't find a good example of a Char(*) as an
input parameter in a format structure.
The second conundrum was: How do I get the length of the structure? The
parameters needed by the API are:
Required Parameter Group:
1 Certificate request data Input Char(*)
2 Length of certificate request data Input Binary(4)
3 Format name Input Char(8)
4 Error Code I/O Char(*)
Not sure if the whole thing is OK but I couldn't figure out how to get
the length of the certificate request data (structure). I saw
documentation in the PCML docs on "offset" and "offsetfrom" but didn't
know if that is how to go about it.
This hasn't exactly been *easy* but I am willing to press on with a
little hand-holding.....
Pete Helgren
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On 4/2/2022 5:16 PM, David Gibbs via JAVA400-L wrote:
Use pcml. It handles memory allocation and is much easier to use.
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