Re: Using procedure in CL Getting this error...Pointer not set for lo cation referenced.

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I am once again missing the boat...  This procedure works in rpg, but 
> > not cl... The procedure AUTOF is contained in my service program, 
> > binding directory... I think it's the way something is defined in the 
> > prototype?  Any ideas?

There's a difference in the way that CL programs treat one byte return 
values versus the way RPG does.

For some reason, a CL program thinks of a 1 byte return value as a binary 
numeric value, whereas RPG thinks of it as a character string. There's 
some routine under the covers where a pointer is used to represent a 
character field, but not a numeric field. That's what causes the "pointer 
not set" error.

You can solve the problem in two ways:

a) You can use EXTPROC(*CL) on your prototype. This will require that all 
of the RPG programs that call your subprocedure be recompiled to use the 
new prototype -- but it will tell RPG to treat 1 byte return values the 
same way that CL does.

        D AUTOF           PI             1A  EXTPROC(*CL: 'AUTOF')
        D InUsrId                       10A
        D InApp                          2A


b) The other alternative is to define the return value in the CL CALLPRC 
statement as a TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(2) field. In that case, CL will treat it as 
a character field and not conflict with RPG.  You can simply use %SST() in 
your CL code to only look at the first byte of the 2 character field -- 
since that's all the RPG will modify.

Since this does not require any changes to the RPG prototype or procedure 
interface, you will not have to recompile any existing programs.

              DCL        VAR(&AUTH) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(2) /* Use LEN=2 */
              CALLPRC    PRC(AUTOF) PARM(&USER &APPL) RTNVAL(&AUTH)

              IF (%SST(&AUTH 1 1) *EQ 'Y') DO
                  /* hooray! */
              ENDDO

Good Luck