Re : CMD Parm

["Venu Gopal"<Venu_Gopal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>If you pass the character variable as one character larger than it needs
to
  >be with the last character non-blank, you can receive the variable with
the
  >correct length and you will not have any problems.

It is really confusing. What is the purpose of passing a variable of length
41 and in the called pgm receiving it as a parameter of length 40? What is
the theory behind this? Is there any specifica cause for IBM to make it
work like this? Some years back, a similar problem I have seen. If we try
to send message to work station using SNDPGMMSG and the message length is
more than 32, we get some jumbled message. Is this anyway related to the
same CMD parm problem? Why I am asking is in both the cases the length of
the parameter is restricted for 32 and if it crosses, we face problems or
we have to use some other logic.

Can anybody explain me what is the purpose of defining it for a maximum
length of 32? Thanx in advance for any help / suggestions.

Regards,
VenuGopal



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