Page number format

When you call the precompiler, you can specify a page number to use for the first page of the compiler listing on SYSPRINT. You must specify this page number in a particular format.

A 6-byte field beginning on a 2-byte boundary contains the page number. The first 2 bytes must contain the binary value 4 (the length of the remainder of the field). The last 4 bytes contain the page number in character or zoned-decimal format.

The precompiler adds 1 to the last page number that is used in the precompiler listing and puts this value into the page-number field before returning control to the calling routine. Thus, if you call the precompiler again, page numbering is continuous.