RE: Problems with Prototyping and Calling RPGIII Programs

 -mark

At 8/4/05 10:30 AM, you wrote:

Then either you have an upper/lower case program name in there or you
installed PTF's that screwed things up for you.
I was thinking of procedures, apparently you don't have that same
restriction with program prototypes.

-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
- Mario Andretti


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces+cozzi=rpgiv.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+cozzi=rpgiv.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hauser,
Birgitta
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:19 AM
To: 'rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Problems with Prototyping and Calling RPGIII Programs

>>Your "MyPgm" variable cannot be a variable on the ExtPgm keyword.
>>It can be a named constant or a literal.

Why???

The following extract is from RPGIV Reference:
EXTPGM(NAME):
The EXTPGM keyword indicates the external name of the program whose
prototype is being defined.
The name can be a character constant or a character variable.
When EXTPGM is specified, then a dynamic call will be done.

It works for all RPGIV programs that have the same parameter list.
It also worked in the original program version for the RPGIII programs.
This morning we recompiled all affected programs on our test maschine,
but the RPGIII programs even after recompiling failed with MCH3601

Birgitta