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New version of the wiki article on converting C prototypes to RPG

barbara_morris Visits (2407)

The article on converting C prototypes to RPG has had a major overhaul. https://ibm.biz/BdxQbC The old version was written from a pre-V5R1 perspective, with some remarks about post V5R1 or 6.1 coding. The new version is written from a 6.1 perspective, using QUALIFIED and TEMPLATE as a matter of course, with some side remarks about how to handle TEMPLATE in pre-6.1 coding. All the discussion about pre-V5R1 coding has been removed. Also, the... [Continue Reading]

Did you ever get weird errors after you called an API?

barbara_morris Visits (2130)

Here are the top 3 mistakes I see people make that can cause storage corruption. Storage corruption can then cause strange and sometimes intermittent errors to occur. Mistake: Not passing the feedback parameter for CEE APIs When the API documentation says a parameter is "omissible", it means you can pass *OMIT as the parameter. It doesn't mean you can completely leave it out. On your RPG prototype, code OPTIONS(*OMIT). When you pass... [Continue Reading]

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New version of the wiki article on converting C prototypes to RPG

Did you ever get weird errors after you called an API?