Re: RNF7542 on compile

[Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

That's the problem - writeline() expects a variable, which it can change.
Just add either the VALUE or CONST keyword to tline and all will be well.

Rory

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I get a compile error that points to a problem with this code (presumably)
>
>  writeLine('  INFO : Requested  Delivery date for VIN: '+
>   %trim(vinnum) + ' has changed from '+ assemblydate + ' to ' + <===
> Compiler complains about this line
>  cdtm02002 ) ;
>
> WriteLine has this prototype and PI
>
>      D writeline       PR
>      D  tline                       120a
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>      P writeline       B
>      D writeline         PI
>      D  tline                       120a
>      c/free
>               if overflow = *on;
>                 write heading;
>                 overflow = *off;
>               endif;
>                  MsgTxt = tline;
>
>                  write detail;
>       /end-free
>      P writeline         E
>
> I *think* it is complaining the the WriteLine procedure can't take a
> variable but all the procedure does is fill a variable in the output
> file.  The idea is to write messages to the printer file about errors
> and warnings.  Can I not pass a variable parameter in this case?
>
> --
> Pete Helgren
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