Fwd: Problem with the QXXPTOI API

Rick,

On other packed fields this works correctly. What is the largest packed field 
of the others?

You pass a 7 byte field to return into a 4 byte integer. methinks, you pass a 
higher value than a 4 byte integer (10i 0) can handle. And the API bombs 
without returning a value at all.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler.

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On 23-7-04 at 18:13 Rich Dotson <rich_dotson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I am using the QXXPTOI API to convert a packed number in a character field  to 
>an integer.   I have it defined as:
>
>D PackedToInt     pr            10i 0 extproc('QXXPTOI')
>D   PTR                           *   value options(*string)
>D   Digits                      10i 0 value
>D   Fraction                    10i 0 value
>
>This procedure works correctly for all my packed fields except one.
>
>The field is defined in the file as 13P 0.  The hex value for the field in 
>error is:
>
>0435065
>209140F
>
>The returned value is -123063971 when it should be 240,395,104,605.
>
>The RPG code being executed is:
>
>NumberFld = PackedToInt(DataPtr+FldOffset:FldLen:0);
>
>FldOffset=363 which is the place in the data record and FldLen = 7
>
>I'm assuming that since the number is so large I should be using the QXXPTOD 
>API.  If so, does anyone have a prototype definition for that API.   I can't 
>seem to get it setup correctly.