RE: QzhbCGIParse API -- RPG400-L

Thanks for this explanation.  Now for the real question.  What is the
advantage to using this when I can use -value following -init and
QtmhPutEnv?  Maybe there isn't, but I assumed there was.  

The Format DS shown in your example is not used for -init or -value so I
guess I overlooked that, but to me that's too much work to use the -POST
option.  It doesn't seem consistent.

Thanks again for your time Bruce.  It is appreciated.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bvining@vnet.ibm.com [mailto:bvining@vnet.ibm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:59 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: QzhbCGIParse API
> 
> 
> >
> >What do I see in the target buffer?  Some garbage, then the 
> field name
> >preceded by FORM_ then the value, this repeated for each form field.
> >
> 
> Well let's look at that "garbage".  The start of the target buffer
> should be layed out (per the API documentation) as:
> 
>      DFMT0200          ds                  Based(BufPtr)
>      D BytRtn                        10i 0
>      D BytAvl                        10i 0
>      D ContHdl                       20
>      D OffToVar                      10i 0
>      D NbrOfVars                     10i 0
> 
> Is BytRtn = BytAvl?  If so then we got everything; if not we should
> allocate a larger target buffer.  If we add OffToVar to BufPtr we
> should get to:
> 
>      DVarName          ds                  Based(VarNPtr)
>      D EntryLen                      10i 0
>      D NameLen                       10i 0
>      D Name                         100
> 
> (Note that the 100 is just any number big enough to handle 
> the possible
> returned name(s))
> 
> Does Name look right? If we add VarNPtr + NameLen + 8 we 
> should get to:
> 
>      DVarValue         ds                  Based(VarVPtr)
>      D ValueLen                      10i 0
>      D Value                        100
> 
> Does Value look right?  If so, then if we add EntryLen to VarNPtr we
> should get to the next VarName DS.  Does that look right?  Are there
> NbrOfVars instances of VarName?
> 
> I am assuming that somewhere in my "does that look right" 
> list something
> doesn't look right.  Can you indicate which part is "wrong"?
> 
> And yes, the API (-POST) has been successfully used and the
> documentation can be improved on.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> 
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