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  3. March 2002

RE: Should be data structure as Parm to procedure

Duh.  Should have changed the subject.

> Howdy folks!
>
> I'm trying to pass a data structure to a procedure, and I'm having some
> trouble defining the parameter in the procedure:
>
>      P CX_GENERATE     b
>      D                 pi
>      D  buffer                     2000A
>
>      D buffer          DS          2000
>      D  bufary                        8A   overlay(buffer:1) dim(250)
>      D  bufwmk                       16A   overlay(buffer:1)
>
> Basically, I want to pass in a 2000 byte buffer, which is redefined as a
> data structure.  The compiler says I'm defining the name "buffer" twice.
> Can this be done?
>
> Joe

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