Re: Problems with QCMDEXC parameter

Stephen,

In a message dated 98-01-06 10:07:25 EST, you write:

> I'm passing a parameter to a CLP that is later used as a command for
>  QCMDEXC.  The parameter is defined as having a length of 256.  However,
>  there appears to be a lot of garbage trailing after the value that is
>  passed.
>  
>  I'm sure I've seen a workaround for this, but have had no luck in finding
>  it.

Be careful passing between CLP and RPG programs.  If you pass, say 2, 256 byte
parameters from an RPG program to a CLP then to another RPG, the second RPG
program parameters will "walk over" each other if all 256 bytes of the first
parameter are not filled out.  BPCS uses a CLP to submit RPG programs from
other RPG programs, and checks the last byte of the first parameter to see if
it is blank -- if so, it places an "X" in the last byte of the first 256 byte
parameter to prevent "walk over"...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because fools are so ingenious."
-- Anonymous
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