Re: Is There A Better Way To Grab Parameters?

I was thinking the same thing. I know how to do it for subprocedures, but
not for "main" programs.

On 5/18/07, Tom Huff <tehuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Anyone have a short example ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 7:46 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: Is There A Better Way To Grab Parameters?
>
> Definitely do this - more flexibility in defining parameters with
> prototypes than with *PLIST
>
> The prototype should be called the name of the program. Follow the PR
> statement with the parameters - you can use LIKE and all that in the
> keywords. Then put in the PI - procedure interface - can be right
> away. Just use the same parameter definitions as the PR and you are good
> to
> go.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> At 10:26 AM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
>
> >I don't know about "better", but the ILE way is to define a prototype for
> >the main procedure of your program.
> >
> >Well, I guess it is better because you can then share the prototype with
> >others and the compiler will check for inconsistent parameters.
> >
> >Joe
> >
> > > From: Mike
> > >
> > > Is there a better way to grab parameters in a RPG program? For years I
> > > have
> > > use the *entry plist. Is there a new way to do that in V5R3 or V5R4
> > > better?
> >
> >
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