When you say "I am unpacking a packed field into a character string.", is
that means that you have a packed decimal field and you call the cvthc to
change that packed field into character string? if so, why not just use
%char or %editc?
<Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, it's the right one. %Dec won't work because I can't use variables for
the length and decimals. I am unpacking a packed field into a character
string. The definition of the field is passed with the value.
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of hockchai Lim
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:18 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: cvthc not converting all values
could you have mis-understood what this api does. cvthc is intended to
convert a char string into a hex representation of the char string. So if
you have a char string containing value of 'TEST, it produces the result of
'E3C5E2E3'.
Also, your prototype for cvthc is not correct. May be scott's article would
help understanding more about this api:
http://systeminetwork.com/article/convert-data-and-hexidecimal.
For what you want to do (if I understand you correctly), all you need is
%char or %editc.
<Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have been reading the archives and looking at the MI Reference manual but
I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I am trying to convert a
5-digit packed value into a character value. cvthc is only converting the
first byte. My test value is 12345F and my results are 12, only the first
byte. The manual shows an example where it is converting a 9-byte value to
character with one call. I have verified that the length I am passing is 5.
I also tried 6. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?
This is the prototype:
d HexToChar pr ExtProc('cvthc')
d Receiver * Value
d Source * Value
d Length 10u 0
This is the function call:
HexToChar(%Addr(ReplaceString)
:NameValuePairs.dsNameValue(Ctr).Value
:NameValuePairs.dsNameValue(Ctr).ValueByteLength);
Definitions:
d ReplaceString s 64a
d dsNamesValues...
d ds Qualified Based(Dummy)
d NumberOfValues...
d 5u 0
d dsNameValue LikeDS(dsNameValue_t) Dim(1000)
d dsNameValue_t ds Qualified Based(Dummy)
d Name 32a
d DataType 3u 0
d NumericLength 3u 0
d Decimals 3u 0
d DTZFormat 3u 0
d DTSeparator 1a
d ValueByteLength...
d 10u 0
d MaxValueByteLength...
d 10u 0
d Value *
Rick Chevalier
IT Software Solutions - Loan Servicing
GM Financial/AmeriCredit
817-525-7178 (w)
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