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  3. December 2001

Re: Using *OMIT & *NOPASS

Must have been late; missed 2 clues: the 'RTV'-bit of the name and the
'&'-bit of the parameter.

Joep Beckeringh


----- Original Message -----
From: "Buck Calabro" <Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:33 AM
Subject: RE: Using *OMIT & *NOPASS


> >When you define a command, you define the
> >parameter interface for the command processing
> >program.  All the parameters you define
> >will be passed to your program.  If you define
> >a 10A parameter with no default value and the
> >user does not enter anything for it, you
> >receive a 10A field containing blanks.
>
> Very true, but if the parameter is defined as RTNVAL and the user doesn't
> specify it, RPG will get a MCH3601 when it tries to refer to the "missing"
> parameter.  That's when checking %addr(parm)=*null comes in.
>   --buck

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