Re: RdLine with variable length field

Thanks Charles for your input , your prototype matches what I'm using. And
your suggested code is basically the same as what Scott suggested. I have
it coded as follows:

%len(Input_String) = %size(Input_String)-VARPREF (VAPREF is 2)


Len = RdLine( cli : %addr(Input_String) + VARPREF : %len(Input_String) :
*On );

If (len < 1);
%len(Input_String) = 0;
callp Die('Error calling RdLine()');
callp close(cli);
return;
Else;
%len(Input_String) = len;
Endif;

This works as it is returning the first two bytes of the input_string, but
now when testing with variable length data the RdLine hangs until a
minimum of 56 bytes are received.

What I'd like to be able to do define the input_string as say 8192 (8k)
and have it be able to accept a variable length input string with fewer
(but up to) the 8k limit. So far I haven't seen any lab results that are
larger than 5k but I know that pathology reports can be quite large, and
then there are the simple tests that are usually less than 1k.

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
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