Re: Strange issue with CMD parameter length

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

Take a look at the INLPMTLEN (initial prompt length) parameter of the 
PARM command.   You'll note that the possible values for the initial 
prompt length are as follows:

*CALC, *PWD, 1-12, 17, 25, 32, 50, 80, 132, 256, 512

The default value is *CALC which means that the length will be 
calculated -- that is, the closest length that's the same or higher than 
the field size will be used.

Since the possible lengths are 1-12, 17, 25, 32 (and so forth) the 
length for an 18 character field will be 25.  (17 would be too small, 
and the next highest number is 25.)

Make sense?



Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Group,
>
> I've been having some very strange problems with a command I'm making...
>
> This is the source:
>
>        /* *_> CNLLSTSPLF SRCFILE(@2/@1) SRCMBR(@3)                      */
>        /* *_> CRTCMD CMD(@5/@4) +                                       */
>        /* *_>        PGM(*LIBL/@4) +                                    */
>        /* *_>        SRCFILE(@2/@1) +                                   */
>        /* *_>        SRCMBR(@3) +                                       */
>        /* *_>        AUT(*LIBCRTAUT)                                    */
>
>              CMD        PROMPT('CRT/UPD/link/rollout document')
>
>              PARM       KWD(DOCMGR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) MIN(1) +
>                           PROMPT('Document main group')
>              PARM       KWD(DOCSGR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) MIN(1) +
>                           PROMPT('Document subgroup')
>              PARM       KWD(DOCNAM) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(256) MIN(1) +
>                           PROMPT('Document name')
>              PARM       KWD(DOCTYP) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) MIN(1) +
>                           PROMPT('Document type')
>              PARM       KWD(DATTIM) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(19) MIN(1) +
>                           PROMPT('Date and time last update') 
>
> When I compile this command, and prompt it from the command line, the last 
> parameter is shown as 25 characters long.
>
> If I change it to 18, it is still shown as 25 long, but when I reduce the 
> length further to 17, it is shown correctly as 17.
>
> The same happens when I for instance change the DOCTYP parameter to 
> LEN(19): it will be 25 on screen.
>
> Is there any special reason why the length of the parameter is rounded up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Colpaert
> Application Developer
> PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
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