RE: CALLB vs.CALLP

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The idea is to build your own subprocedure with your own parms.  You don't
need to use EXTPROC.  I've never done it.

It would be something like this...

     D #QCmdExc        PR
     D   PR_Cmd                    1024    VALUE
      *//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*
     P #QCmdExc        B                   EXPORT
      *--------------------------------------------------------------*
     D #QCmdExc        PI
     D  Cmd                        1024    VALUE
      *
     D CmdLen          S             15P 5 INZ(%size(Cmd))
      *--------------------------------------------------------------*
     C                   CALL      'QCmdExc'
     C                   PARM                    Cmd
     C                   PARM                    CmdLen
       *--------------------------------------------------------------*
     P #QCmdExc        E
      
That's one reason why I don't like examples that always use EXTPROC because
it doesn't teach you how subprocedures work.  It just gives you code to use.
then when you want to write your own subprocedures, you don't know where to
start.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@klements.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:06 PM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: CALLB vs.CALLP
> 
> 
> 
> The problem I always have with using a subprocedure as a wrapper for
> QCMDEXC is the call level.   When I do an OVRDBF or similar command
> via my subprocedure, it doesn't work because its at a different call
> level.
> 
> Sure, I could do OVRSCOPE(*JOB)  but thats not a very elegant 
> solution!
> 
> So, I usually do a prototype with a CONST parameter for the 
> command and
> the length.  Then I can do something like this:
> 
> C               callp     Cmd('OVRDBF FILE(FILEONE) 
> TOFILE(FILETWO)': 200)
> 
> I would certainly PREFER to not pass the length -- but havent 
> found a good
> way.   What am I missing?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Stone, Brad V (TC) wrote:
> 
> > I never understood this example, and I've seen it from a 
> lot of people.  If
> > you're making a subprocedure, prototype it so you only send 
> the command.
> > Not the length.  You can define the length as %size(Command) in the
> > Subprocedure.
> > 
> > Then, you only need to do..
> > 
> > CALLP       #QcmdExc('CLRPFM FILE1')
> > 
> > Much easier.  And only 2 more seconds of setup.
> > 
> > Other times you will definatly want to do this when making 
> wrappers for
> > APIs.  Sometimes they have a lot of parms you don't need to 
> pass.  The
> > command length on QCMDEXC is one of them.
> > 
> > Brad
> 
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