RE: Need help with ProgramCall class in JTOpen

["Kelly Cookson" <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please ignore the attachment to the last email I sent. Sorry about that.

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From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Kelly Cookson
Sent: Thu 2/16/2006 12:44 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
Subject: Need help with ProgramCall class in JTOpen



I'm trying to use the ProgramCall class to call a CL program with one parameter 
8 characters long. I have this code (based on the example in the Toolbox for 
Java Redbook):

        ProgramParameter[] parameterList = new ProgramParameter[1];
        AS400Text text = new AS400Text(8, systemName);
        byte[] statusFormat = text.toBytes("SSTS0200");
        parameterList[0] = new ProgramParameter( statusFormat );

It throws an exception when executing the line:

       byte[] statusFormat = text.toBytes("SSTS0200");

I get this error:

com.ibm.as400.access.ExtendedIllegalArgumentException: encoding (arcticsystem): 
Parameter value is not valid.
 at com.ibm.as400.access.AS400Text.setTable(AS400Text.java:260)
 at com.ibm.as400.access.AS400Text.getCcsid(AS400Text.java:189)
 at com.ibm.as400.access.AS400Text.toBytes(AS400Text.java:334)
 at com.ibm.as400.access.AS400Text.toBytes(AS400Text.java:310)
 at DotCallPcmiler.callProgram(DotCallPcmiler.java:120)
 at DotCallPcmiler.main(DotCallPcmiler.java:184)

Why is it not accepting the parameter as valid?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Kelly