RE: Pointer or Parameter Error...

Depends on where you got the GetOSInfo() function you're calling.
What does it do for you? Perhaps there's a work-around.

-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Holden Tommy
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:59 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Pointer or Parameter Error...

Ok I found a workaround...appears that the error is not related to the
file (even though it's blowing up there stating that the file is closed
when it's not....

Anyway, I have been duplicating & removing various bits of code to find
my failing point (which should have produced a "real" error message....)

The failing point was due to the GetOSInfo() procedure in the service
program.  I restructed the procedure to return a varying field (in this
case the BasicInfo DS) & made the necessary code change to the extract
program KR0057EX & it works fine now.  Should this be reported to IBM???
What's your opinion?? 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holden Tommy
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:21 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Pointer or Parameter Error...

Here's some more information...

I dumped the error & the file status is stating that the file is closed
during an I/O operation.  I added a check after the open statement & it
returns that the file is open.  There is NO close statement on this
file.  I added another check for the %open before the write & it returns
a blank...I can look at my open files & sure enough the file is open??? 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holden Tommy
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:07 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 

Ok...this is really strange (at least to me...)  I have a data
extraction program I'm developing & throughout the process I have been
unit testing & everything has been working fine (incomplete data...but
expected at that time...)  anyway the write to the file has performed
fine until recently.  I can't figure out for the life of my what has
happened.  Now the program chugs along fine, output data looks great but
when I hit the write statement it bombs with the "pointer or parameter
error" I normally associate with procedure calls etc.  I've recompiled
the PF, service program & the extraction program multiple times to no
avail.

Here are the source members....someone please help a poor eyesore
geek...


http://www.tommyholden.com/kr0057.zip

Thanks,
Tommy Holden