RE: Pointer puzzle

Sorry to everyone it's my fault for doing something that I've already been advised not to.
Although I was forced into it.

Pgm A was running in DFTACTGRP.
The router was created with ACTGRP(*NEW).
Pgm A was created with ACTGRP(*CALLER).

Running in a named activation group solved (temporarily) the problem.

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De : rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de David FOXWELL
Envoyé : lundi 5 octobre 2009 13:42
À : RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Objet : Pointer puzzle

Hi, I thought I had pointers sussed, but it seems not. Hope
someone can help.

I'm calling program B from program A via a router program
with a pointer in and out as parameters.
I've debugged and I can see that program B receives a value
*NULL for the output parameter pointer. It initialises the
pointer, it is returned to the router OK, but once back in
the calling program A, if I do EVAL on the pointer, I get
CPF8E17, Pointeur non défini pour l'emplacement référencé. (
would someone give me the English version of that message? ).

Then, when I try and use the DS based on the pointer, it says
I'm trying to access something that no longer exists
(MCH3402). I wonder if the problem is not the pointer but the
fact that the router program has ended?

I've already successfully tested program B, using a test
program to call it directly, now I'm testing with the router.

Thanks.


1 .My Calling program (A)
IF NOT ExcRouter (
'My program to call' :
AnErrMg :
wPtr_in :
wPtr_out
);
RETURN *OFF;

ENDIF;

Procedure ExcRouter
Callp routerpgm (
APgmId :
AnErrMg :
Aptr_in :
Aptr_out
);


2 .Extract from routerpgm
SELECT;
WHEN %PARMS > 3;
Trt03 (
APtr_In :
APtr_Out :
AnErrMg
);

WHEN %PARMS > 2; .....etc


D Trt03 PR EXTPGM ( APgmId )
D APtr_In * OPTIONS ( *OMIT ) CONST
D APtr_Out * OPTIONS ( *OMIT )
D AnErrMg LIKE ( DFN_ERRMG )


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