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>> If you have routines that have CONST VARYING parameters, your callers have to be sure to do a %TRIM on the call, unless your callers are systematically using VARYING for all character variables. One comment on this statement Barbara. I have found one of the best uses for varying parms to be when used to pass fixed length fields. If you do _not_ do a %Trim on the parm, the called routine can automatically detect (via %Len) how long the sending field was without the need for descriptors and all the API stuff.. This can be very useful when writing general purpose routines designed to manipulate fields of any length (e.g. Centering text in a field). Under these conditions if I need the field trimmed, I do it is the called routine, not on the parm. The calling code is cleaner and doesn't take any longer to execute. Jon Paris Partner400
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