ILE

Condition

Handlers

 

requires a definition for the error-prone

array

ARR1,

and identific

eter lists used by the ILE bindable APIs

CEEHDLR

and

CEEHDLU.

The basic logic of the program is as follows:

 

1. Register

the

handler

RPGHDLR using the subroutine RegHndlr. This s

 

calls

the

CEEHDLR

 

API,

passing

it

the

procedure pointer

to RPGHDLR.

2. Indicate

 

to

RPGHDLR

that

the

out-of-bounds error is allowed, and

erate

an

 

out-of-bounds substring

error, then

set off the

indicato

RPGHDLR

will

not

allow

any unexpected out-of-bounds string

errors.

 

The handler RPGHDLR is automatically called. It handles the except

 

indicates that processing should resumesmachinetheinstrucnextion fol-

 

 

lowing

the

error.

Note

that

the

next

machine

instruction

may

not b

 

beginning

of

the

next

RPG operation.

 

 

 

 

3. Generate an out-of-bounds array error.

Again,

RPGHDLR is

automatically

called.

However, this time it cannot

the

exception,

and

so it percolates

it to the next exception ha

with

the procedure,

namely,

the *PSSR

error subroutine.

The *PSSR cancels the procedure.

4. Unregister the condition handler RPGHDLR via a call to CEEHDLU.

5. Return

As with the RPGHDLR procedure, SHOWERR writes to QSYSPRT to show what occurring as it is processed.

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AS/400 specifications

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