RE: Passing a pointer-based array as a parameter

Dan,

The key is LIKEDS and OPTIONS(*VARSIZE).


     h dftactgrp(*NO) actgrp(*NEW)

     d FLa             ds                  Based( TEMPLATE ) qualified
     d                                     dim(32766)
     d  Fld1                         10    Overlay( FLa : *Next )
     d  Fld2                         10    Overlay( FLa : *Next )
     d  Fld3                          3i 0 Overlay( FLa : *Next )

     d myDS            ds                  likeds(FLa) based(myDS@)
     d count           s             10u 0

     d ProcInSrvPgm    pr
     d  nbrEntries                   10u 0
     d  dynArray                           likeds(FLa) options(*varsize)

      /free
         myds@ = %alloc(10*%size(myDS));
         count = 10;
         myDS.Fld1 = 'Hello';
         myDS.Fld2 = 'Goodbye';
         myDS.Fld3 = 100;
         ProcInSrvPgm(count : myDS);
         *INLR = *ON;
         return;
      /end-free

Note: Compiles to v5r2 but obviously fails during binding step, so not
tested.

HTH,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:46 PM
> To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Passing a pointer-based array as a parameter
> 
> I searched, but it's all greek to me.  I'm not even sure I've got the
> terminology correct, so feel free to correct where needed.  
> And, by all
> means, provide links as appropriate.
> 
> I've got an ILE RPG program (PGMA) that will call an ILE RPG 
> service program
> (SRVPGMB).  I would like SRVPGMB to return a dynamically 
> allocated array
> back to PGMA.  In real life, the array could end up having 10 
> elements or
> 20000 elements.
> 
> Unfortunately, the compiler doesn't think much of passing a 
> dynamically
> allocated array as a parameter, issuing RNF5029 "Result-Field 
> entry of PARM
> operation in *ENTRY PLIST is not valid; specification is 
> ignored."  I tried
> to pass FLa, defined below:
> 
>    d FL@             s               *
>    d                 ds                  Based( FL@ )
>    d FLa                                 Dim( 32766 )
>    d  Fld1                         10    Overlay( FLa : *Next )
>    d  Fld2                         10    Overlay( FLa : *Next )
>    d  Fld3                           3i 0 Overlay( FLa : *Next )
> 
> Is there a way to accomplish this?
> 
> TIA,
> Dan
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