Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-25 Thread Peter Relson
Bill Fairchild wrote One should always initialize the entire remote parameter list for any system service. The IBM books that describe Assembler language services say this in the Using the Services section that appears prior to the first service explained in that book. E.g., here is some of the

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
That doesn't help us here. Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
[mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved Mark Zelden wrote: On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:46:15 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: Ah! That's got it! Thanks, Keven

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
, Jon L Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved That doesn't help us here. Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved Jon, A Length was added to the MVC command. Otherwise the default length was used. mvc Detailmsg,sDetailmsg Steve provided a sample program Here's an even more stripped down version

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
...@aetna.com (860) 636-2683 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved Jon, A Length was added to the MVC

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:29:09 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: Veilleux, Jon L wrote: Thanks Lizette, I just thought that it would be nice to see some information about how the issue was resolved. It was included in the post: I missed the explanation of why something that

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Scott
: +1.617.614.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: 24 November 2009 13:43 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved On Tue, 24 Nov 2009

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: It worked by pure chance - the OP was lucky that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit settings. So it's

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: It worked by pure chance - the OP was lucky that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:59 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: It worked by pure chance - the OP was lucky that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Bill Fairchild
Comstock Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved The real cause of the problem was not providing an explicit length value. I went back to the code that had always worked and saw that there was a length value there. Somehow my cut

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:36:57 -0600, Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com wrote: And people wonder why some sysprogs are skeptical when application programmers and system users come to them with a problem and say nothing changed. (I try go by trust, but verify) Can I hear an Amen?

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Comstock
Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:59 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: Mark Zelden wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:54:59 -0500, Rob Scott rsc...@rocketsoftware.com wrote: It worked by pure chance - the OP was lucky that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: I try go by trust, but verify Tru dat! I do the same with customers and developers alike! Sometimes they take offense. That is, until my detail-oriented approach uncovers their dumb mistake... And, ...yes,... I occasionally fall into the trap myself. (Usually, not

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread John Kelly
need a length in the MVC. Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 11/24/2009 08:17 AM Subject: Re: What's up with WTO? - solved Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Jon, A Length was added to the MVC

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Edward Jaffe
John Kelly wrote: When defining DSECT entries, I always find it better to let the assembler figure out lengths,ie use the length of the generated WTO to define the length DSECT entry sDetailmsg wto text=,routcde=(11),mf=l endmsg ds 0H then Detailmsg ds

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-24 Thread Barbara Nitz
It worked by pure chance - the OP was lucky that the workarea storage was zeroes. Once the un-initialized storage was dirty - then there was a chance that WTO would complain about invalid bit settings. Easiest test for this is to turn on dirty getmain - I had a hard time time, too, to find

Re: What's up with WTO?

2009-11-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:32:48 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: [cross posted to ibm-assembler] All of a sudden, WTO code I've used for ages is abending with SD23. I've checked and rechecked the code. I've created a minimalist program. Same story. Is there something going on

Re: What's up with WTO?

2009-11-23 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 11/23/2009 01:40 PM Subject: What's up with WTO? Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu [cross posted to ibm-assembler] All of a sudden, WTO code I've used for ages is abending with SD23. I've checked

What's up with WTO?

2009-11-23 Thread Steve Comstock
[cross posted to ibm-assembler] All of a sudden, WTO code I've used for ages is abending with SD23. I've checked and rechecked the code. I've created a minimalist program. Same story. Is there something going on with WTO? -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc.

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-23 Thread Steve Comstock
Hall, Keven wrote: What length value does the assembler generate for: mvc Detailmsg,sDetailmsg Keven Hall | keh...@informatica.com Software Operative Office: 512-795-6959 Ah! That's got it! Thanks, Keven, and Robert. Once I added in a length modifier, it works! -- Kind regards, -Steve

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-23 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:46:15 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: Hall, Keven wrote: What length value does the assembler generate for: mvc Detailmsg,sDetailmsg Keven Hall | keh...@informatica.com Software Operative Office: 512-795-6959 Ah! That's got it! Thanks, Keven,

Re: What's up with WTO? - solved

2009-11-23 Thread Edward Jaffe
Mark Zelden wrote: On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:46:15 -0700, Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com wrote: Ah! That's got it! Thanks, Keven, and Robert. Once I added in a length modifier, it works! Wow! I didn't know IBM-MAIN even had clairvoyant people monitoring the list. What a bonus