RE: Message Monitor Command Substitution Parameter Lengths (RPGLE)

IBMi makes the call. Here's the command that's defined in the Message Monitor:
CALL PGM(MSGMONITOR) PARM(&MSGID &FRMUSER &FRMJOBNUMBER &FRMJOBNAME &DATE &TIME)


Here's my parameter list:
Dcl-pi MsgMonitor ;
msgID char(7) ;
fromUser char(10) ;
jobNumber char(6) ;
jobName char(10) ;
date char(8) ;
time char(6) ;
End-pi ;


I wonder if &FRMJOBNUMBER actually is numeric, and the command line packed(15:5) rule applies.



-----Original Message-----
From: Hiebert, Chris [mailto:chris.hiebert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:27 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Message Monitor Command Substitution Parameter Lengths (RPGLE)

How are you running this? Got any source example?

It could still be expecting a Character and you passed packed data, which may explain the strange hex.

What if it was supposed to be a null terminated - 6 character string?


Chris Hiebert
Senior Programmer/Analyst
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