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Re: Command Parameter Variable Character field

On 2019-04-26 4:54 PM, Spencer Elliott wrote:
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.


Do you maybe have MAX coded too? If you have MAX with a value greater than 1, then the parameter will start with an 2-byte integer saying how many were specified.

If my PARM is defined like this:
PARM KWD(MONPATH) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(128) MIN(1) +
MAX(10) ALWUNPRT(*NO) ALWVAR(*YES) +
VARY(*YES *INT4)

then if I pass "ABCDE" for the parameter, the hex value of the parameter starts like this:

00010000 0005C1C2 C3C4C540


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