Re: Command Parameter Variable Character field -- MIDRANGE-L

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Look at the definition of the PARM, in the VARY parameter - see *INT4 - that is a 4-byte integer, and that is where this comes from.

Check out the help text for PARM.

You probably would be well to make that *INT2.

Cheers
Vern

On 4/29/2019 10:35 AM, dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 04/26/2019
04:54:18 PM:

Hi,
I have a Command that is Calling a C program where one of the parameters
contains a variable parameter (see below). I have examined the input
(argv[n]) field in my program and it appears that 2 integers preceded

the

data. The first appears to be some type of offset and the second is the
length of the entered data. I only expected the second integer.

Does anyone have any idea what the first is used for? It does not

contain

the defined parameter length or the offset from the beginning of the

argv[]

list.

PARM KWD(MONPATH) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(128) MIN(1) ALWUNPRT(*NO) +
ALWVAR(*YES) VARY(*YES *INT4)

Are you saying there are two 4-byte integers on the beginning? If
so, I've never seen that before. When you figure it out, I'd like to hear
the explanation for it. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Dave Clark

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