Re: 3000-char CL parm padded with hex zeros -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: 3000-char CL parm padded with hex zeros
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:01:19 -0400
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On 4/26/2016 11:07 AM, Dan wrote:

I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've seen the concept of:

The SBMJOB is functionally the same
as CALL QCMD. So what you have is
PGMA > QCMD > PGMB

... and that this causes variable parms to be passed as literals.

#MindBlownHowDidIMissThis ?

It took me 20 years too many to come up with a simple explanation.

:-(

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