Re: variable in a sndpgmmsg?

On 06/04/2009, at 3:44 AM, Michael Bolland wrote:

> First, nice to meet you all - it's my first day with CL here and I was
> wondering if you could help debug a simple hello world type  
> application
> that will eventually be an FTP transfer app.

Wrong list to ask this question. This list is for MI programming--not  
CL. These question should be asked on the Midrange-L list. I've  
answered it here in case you're not subscribed to Midrange-L but any  
follow up questions should be asked there.


>
> MONMSG  MSGID(CPF0000)

Don't do this. It's lazy. Search the midrange archives for a  
discussion on proper exception handling.


> SNDPGMMSG  MSG(&SAVF ' begins')

Syntactically incorrect. You're missing the concatenation operator.  
Your source editor should have complained about this so I  question  
how you even managed to save such incorrect source. Refer to the CL  
Programmer's Guide for information about concatenation.

>
> What's wrong with this? It won't even CRTCLPGM 'Program FTPTEST not
> created'

The compiler will tell you what's wrong if you examine the listing  
produced. Probably error message CPD0047 - List or expression not  
valid for parameter MSG.

>
> I also tried SNDPGMMSG  MSG('&SAVF begins') which does CRT but just
> outputs literally '&SAVF begins'


Because the code did exactly what you said ... just not what you want.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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