Hi Dean,
I am not a COBOL programmer, but if you are using
cgidev2, shouldn't you be using the "zhbgetvar"
procedure and call it using a "call procedure" instead
of a "call"?
Robert Dunn
--- Dean Gordonwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am developing a CGI program in COBOL that must
> receive multiple
> fields from the web page. I used the api
> "QZHBGETVAR" to get the
> fields, as follows:
> 77 item-number pic x(15).
> 77 component-item pic x(15).
> .
> .
> .
> move "pitnbr" to var-name of
> CGIVarVal-parms.
> call "QZHBGETVAR" using
> by content var-name of
> CGIVarVal-parms
> returning into item-number
> end-call.
> move "citnbr" to var-name of
> CGIVarVal-parms.
> call "QZHBGETVAR" using
> by content var-name of
> CGIVarVal-parms
> returning into component-item
> end-call.
>
> I could not get this to compile. The compiler would
> note that
> the "returning into" field in the first call to
> "QZHBGETVAR" did not
> have the correct type or length. (Error LNC2756).
> The second call
> to "QZHBGETVAR" did not have an error. The only way
> I have been able
> to get it to work is to declare a general purpose
> field and use this
> on all calls to "QZHBGETVAR", then move the contents
> of the general
> purpose field to another field. Is this the only to
> get "QZHBGETVAR"
> to work?
>
> Best Regards,
> Dean Gordonwood
>
>
>
>
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