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I have spent too much time in the Java/JavaScript world apparently because
I have been attempting to write what I thought was a simple RPGLE program
which I can call from a command line. The problem is that the parameter,
which is a character type, 256 in length, gets padded with "unexpected"
contents beyond what I am submitting on the command line. If I submit it
like so:
CALL PGM(MYPGM) PARM(This is a test') I see something like this when I
view the contents in either debug or the receiving program:
This is a testRPGLESRC MYLIBRAY MYPGM ??*SRCMBRTXT ‑ 1? *HEX *JOBRUN1 0
*NEW 0*LIBCRTAUT1 *CURRENT0*NONE
I understand, from reading numerous posts, that this is normal behavior
but my attempts to follow the directions to eliminate the issue seems for
naught. I couldn't find an example program in all of MY libraries that
does something similar without the side effects (I could have sworn I have
written RPG programs like this before).
The program has these Prototypes/Procedure interfaces:
D mypgm pr extpgm('MYPGM')
D text 256A varying const options(*trim)
D mypgm pi
D text 256A varying const options(*trim)
I originally defined 'text' as 256A but saw the spurious characters. So
I tried options(*varsize), same result. So I tried varying const
options(*trim). No joy ( get a variable out of range error). It is a
little early in the week to be going brain dead but apparently I have. I
can't seem to sort this out.
I want to pass a character string of up to 256 characters into this
program and only get the characters typed as the parameter value. What am I
missing?
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Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
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