> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Vernooij, CP - SPLXM > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:48 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: A modest PARM proposal > > How can new programs determine if they received the new or > the old format, i.o.w. if they can/should process the data > after byte 100 or not? > > Kees.
The initialtor would be modified so that it always sent at least a 106 byte area. The first two bytes are the length of the parm, up to 100. Then the parm value, padded with 0x00 to exactly 100 bytes. Then four more bytes (an unsigned fullword) indicating how many more bytes were available after the fullword. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
