RE: QWCRDTAA API

If you use the error code parameter you must pass at least 4 bytes. If
you only pass four bytes you must set the error field value to binary 0.
You may be getting this error on V3R2 because the API is trying to
signal an error to you.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denis Robitaille [SMTP:DRobitaille@cascades.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 2:45 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      QWCRDTAA API
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I needed to extract the defined length of a data area inside a
> program. To do that, I used the retrieve data area(QWCRDTAA) API. I
> wrote a CLLE to call the API and to retrieve the value from the return
> buffer. Everyting is OK. This was developped on a V4R2 machine. 
> 
> I moved the code on a V3R2 machine and now i get the error CPF3CF1
> "Error code parameter not valid. ". I checked the manual and the API
> has not changed. I recompile everyting but no change. The message
> speaks of the error code parameter, i tried different length (from 1
> to 200 bytes), but still no chance.
> 
> Here is some extract of the code i used:
> 
> ...
> DCL        VAR(&QUAL)       TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20)      
> DCL        VAR(&REC)        TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(2000)    
> DCL        VAR(&LREC)       TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)       
> DCL        VAR(&STR)        TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)       
> DCL        VAR(&LEN)        TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)       
> DCL        VAR(&ERR)        TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1)       
> ...                                                     
>   CHGVAR     VAR(%BIN(&LREC)) VALUE(2000)                       
>   CHGVAR     VAR(%BIN(&STR)) VALUE(-1)                          
>   CHGVAR     VAR(%BIN(&LEN)) VALUE(1)                           
>   CALL       PGM(QWCRDTAA) PARM(&REC &LREC &QUAL &STR +         
>                &LEN &ERR)                                       
> ...
> 
> Does anybody have any idea why this does no work in V3R2?
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> Denis Robitaille
> Cascades inc.
> Tel: 819-363-5187
> DRobitaille@cascades.com
> 
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