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Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR
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Published: 26 Sep 2014
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Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR Published by: George Fuste on 26 Sep 2014 view comments(5)

d CreateUALog     pr                  ExtPgm('UA2000RP')        
d                              256a   Varying                   
d                               10a   

 

How is this D-spec PR converted to free form DCL-PR?  I'm not sure how to represent the "CreateUALog" name in the new free-form spec.

Here is how it is used.

CreateUALog(prmMessage: PGNAME);   

thanks

GF                      

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Posted by: bobcozzi
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Comment on: Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR
Posted: 9 years 6 months 28 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Edited: Fri, 26 Sep, 2014 at 15:54:43 (3497 days ago)

I'm going to make an educated guess:

DCL-PR createUALog extpgm('US2000RP');
   someiNputValue  varchar(256);
   someOtherValue  char(10);
end-pr;

If you don't use a parameter label, you have to specify *N for it, which is really ugly. So I'd use labels and avoid Unnamed parameters.

Posted by: Viking
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Comment on: Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR
Posted: 9 years 6 months 28 days 9 hours 41 minutes ago

FYI, here are some explanations and examples of free-format syntax:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-ibmi-rpg-support/

Posted by: Ringer
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Comment on: Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR
Posted: 9 years 6 months 28 days 9 hours 31 minutes ago

VARYING was changed to VARCHAR huh? I suppose to attract and appease the younger talent. 

Posted by: bobcozzi
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Chicagoland
Comment on: Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR
Posted: 9 years 6 months 27 days 15 hours 45 minutes ago
Edited: Tue, 30 Sep, 2014 at 10:39:53 (3493 days ago)

Actually, that was me. I suggested that VARCHAR was better than the initial IBM suggestion. I preferred the SQL syntax that way if you do a CREATE TABLE in RPG and declare a field in RPG the VARCHAR syntax is the same.

Posted by: GFuste
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Comment on: Trouble converting a procedure to free form DCL-PR
Posted: 9 years 6 months 25 days 18 hours 21 minutes ago

Thanks to all who added the expertise.  I was trying to look for a good IBM example and couldnt find one.  The example supplied is exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks Bob.