Re: Subfield lenght cannot exceed 256 bytes

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Sanjiv wrote:
>I am using a DS structure in RPG/400 to store a record
>from a physical file . The length of the record is
>more than 256 bytes. But when I declare the length of
>the subfield of the data structure as 9999 and then
>compile my program it give compilation error i.e.
>subfield length can't exceed 256. The basic purpose is
>to pass this subfield as parameter to another pgm.
>
>I want to pass charater data as parameter with length
>9999 to another pgm (or more than 9999) specifically
>in RPG/400.
>
>Can anyone provide with a solution.

Sure: Try CVTRPGSRC.

This looks like a good opportunity to learn ILE RPG IV.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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