Re: QMHSNDPM - Call stack entry parameter

["Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are right.  That is where it got me all confused in the first place.
I won't think the 10th parameter related to the 11th and/or 12th.  



<vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:<mailman.14578.1222812243.2545.rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
> Hi Lim
>
> Also, you have to use the entire optional parameter group, so you have
to pass parameters 11 & 12, I believe.
> Vern
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Lim Hock-Chai" <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Thank you all.  I RTM and kind of suspected that the 10th parameter
is
> > what I needed.  Most api has the length either in the front portion
of
> > the parm or as an additional param that is right before/after the
> > char(*) parameter.  I just need some confirmation.  :)
> >
> >
> >
> > "Scott Klement" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:<mailman.14554.1222805741.2545.rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
> > > Hi Lim,
> > >
> > > The required parameter list in your e-mail is difficult to read
(you 
> > > must've put it in a proportional font, and added spaces to try to
line
> > > things up -- resulting in a mess when viewed properly with a
> > fixed-width 
> > > font).  So I'll assume your required parameter list is the same as
> > IBM's...
> > > > In most case, that means that there should be another parameter
that
> > > > caller must use to tell this api how long this Call Stack Entry
> > > > parameter is. 
> > >
> > > Yes, there *is* another parameter providing the length.  It's
> > parameter 
> > > #10.  Here's a link to the Information center:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/apis/QMHSNDP
> > M.htm
> > > Note that parameter 10 is named "Length of call stack entry".
It's an
> > > optional parameter.  If it's not passed, the manual says:
> > >
> > >     Note: The actual length of the call stack entry name cannot
exceed
> > >           4096 characters. If this parameter is not used, the
value
> > for
> > >           the call stack entry parameter is assumed to be 10
> > characters
> > >           in length.
> > >
> > > So if you don't pass the optional parameter for the length of the
call
> > > stack entry, it assumes the length to be 10 -- that's why you see
so 
> > > many examples where 10 is shown in the prototype.
> > >
> > > The manual is your friend :)
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