Re: Cannot retrieve integer in CLLE from procedure using CALLPRC

On 11/10/2007, at 8:26 AM, <johnking@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I'd have never thought to code the %bin inside of the RTNVAR(). Dunno,
guess I'd rather look at two lines of code because an array of nested
parens is harder to read and maintain six-months after I've totally
forgotten the details of a particular program.

The help text for the RTNVAL keyword tells you to use %BIN or define as integer.

For VRM510:

CL variable for returned value (RTNVAL) - Help

Specifies the variable to contain the return value from
the called procedure. If the value returned by the called
procedure is a binary number (types int or short in
C/400), you must specify the %BINARY or %BIN built-in
function on the return value parameter.

For VRM540:

CL variable for returned value (RTNVAL) - Help

Specifies the variable to contain the return value from the called
procedure. If the value returned by the called procedure is a binary
number (types int or short in ILE C or ILE C++), you must either specify
an integer CL variable (specified as TYPE(*INT) or TYPE(*UINT) on the
DCL statement) or use the %BINARY or %BIN built-in function on a
character CL variable (specified as TYPE(*CHAR) on the DCL statement)
used for the return value parameter.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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