Joe Zitzelberger wrote: [snip so the reply does not get rejected]
GetParm DS 0H L R1,0(,R1) Get address of PARM field LH R5,0(,R1) Get length of PARM data specified LTR R5,R5 Anything specified? BZ NoParm None received BCTR R5,0 Adjust length for MVC EX R5,MoveParm Move PARM data to internal field ... ... MoveParm MVC ParmData(0),2(R1) ... ... ParmData DS CL100 AjustmentFactor DC H'17' Used in converting "X" to "Y" According to the principle of least astonishment, we should not incompatibly change the rules to benefit a few programs.What is the purpose of moving the parm to an internal field? That just strikes me as broken as designed (BAD). You cannot change the value, it is truly input only. It also strikes me as more effort than just using the parm inplace in this age of reentrent and reusable code styles.
A software company that runs the same application for multiple customers might get the customer name from the PARM field, and then place that value into an HTML tag, or a print line for a report, or a title line for a display. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
