RE: F35 - Y2K

[Brian Johnson <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey!  I tried that (command with variable length parameter) a while back,   
but was not successful.  The command was RTVAPPVAL, modeled on RTVSYSVAL.   
 Give a value name, and get the value back.  The command program (RPGIV)   
defined the output parameter with the length of the longest value that   
could be requested.  I was very careful to only change the positions of   
the output parameter that corresponded to the length of the requested   
APPVAL.  The value returned was always garbled.  I gave up after a short   
time.  What's the secret?

 -----Original Message-----
From: Tim McCarthy
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 1998 14:06
To: brian; 'mail@uucp <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>'
Subject: RE: F35 - Y2K

Al,
I've never used one of the Y2K tools so I can't comment on that issue,   
but
I don't know who told you that only IBM can have commands with variable
length parms; I've created quite a few examples.
...   

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