passing numeric data

["Sam" <skanakanui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Has anyone had experience with writing new RPG IV code and having to call it
from RPG II programs?!?  There is a problem passing numeric data from an RPG
II program, which stores everything internally as zoned while new RPG
defaults to packed.  When I have RPG IV programs I want to call from both
RPG IV and RPG II, I end up defining (and sometimes redefining) everything
as zoned.  Sometimes I have to redefine a field I want to pass just so it
matches wat the called program is expecting.  Is there any easy way around
this drawback of interfacing the 2 versions of the same language?  I know
one solution is to convert the RPG II but this client doesn't want to make
the effort.
TIA
Sam Kanakanui


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