RE: RPG400-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 534

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marvin,

> You are attempting to pass 1 element of the 14a to a procedure that
> receives a string that is defined like a procudure (machine address) and
> you tack on a Option(*Varsize) just to confuse things even more.

When you use LIKE(ProcedureName) the compiler makes the variable the same
as that of the return value of the procedure.  In Tim's case, it defined
the string as "1000A VARYING"

Options(*Varsize) made perfect sense to me...  he wants to write reusable
code that he can run from anywhere.  Forcing the size of the parameter to
always match seems like it would defeat that to some extent, so he did
options(*varsize).

Can you please do me a favor when you reply to a digest?  Change the topic
to match the topic of Tim's message, rather than the topic of the entire
digest.  That will not only make it easier to keep the messages for a
thread together in my inbox and in the archives, but it will also make it
more likely that the useful info from your messages will show up properly
when someone searches the archives for answers.

Thanks!