api documentation was RE: SYSTEM prototype?

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've followed this thread quietly, and while people who've responded have
answered the particular question about system() and the more general
question about the location of api documentation, it seems to me that the
word "easily" is the key.  Raise your hand if you think the api
documentation is easy to find and provides much information on how to use
the apis in RPG. <g> (CEE apis excepted.)    

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon.Paris@hal.it [mailto:Jon.Paris@hal.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:09 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: SYSTEM prototype?
> 
> 
> 
>  >> Is there a place where one can "Easily" find what the 
> valid values are
> for the return codes from API's
> 
> As somebody else has pointed out, for APIs these are in the reference
> manuals.  Not sure if there is a consolidated summary, I have 
> never seen it
> and I doubt it exists.
> 
> This particular one is a C function and is documented in the 
> C/C++ library
> functions manual.  I don't think the reply value has any 
> significance other
> than non-zero means error.  The actual error is determined though the
> _EXCP_MSGID.
> 
> 
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