Calling a C Function with arguments from LANSA

Date:	29 November 2004
Product/Release:	LANSA for iSeries
Abstract:	Calling a C Function with arguments from LANSA
Submitted By:	LANSA Technical Support
Last Review:	November 2010

Description:

To call a C function (3GL) with arguments using LANSA.

Solution:

The solution is to specify the parameters in the LANSA function. The important part is to ensure the called 3GL program has been correctly setup to receive them.

This is a simple example of calling a C program from a LANSA RDML function. The C Program that is called is named MYCPGM.

The arguments it expects are :

1. a char(10) and
2. packed(7,0) number as arguments.

The C program listed below swaps the first 2 characters of the char(10) argument and adds 3 to the second argument.

This demonstrates information being passed into the program and returned by it.

/* Standard includes for all platforms */

#include <string.h>
#include <decimal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <float.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <iconv.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <dirent.h>

/*==================================================================*/
/*==================================================================*/
/*=================== M A I N L I N E - iSeries ==================*/
/*==================================================================*/
/*==================================================================*/

void main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
char * pArgument1 = argv[1]; /* Argument 1 is an alpha 10 */
decimal(7,0) * pArgument2 = (decimal(7,0) *) argv[2]; /* Argument 2 is a packed 7,0 */
char chTemp;

/* Swap the first 2 characters of argument 1 */
chTemp = pArgument1[0];
pArgument1[0] = pArgument1[1];
pArgument1[1] = chTemp;

/* Increment argument 2 by 3 */
*(pArgument2) += 3;
/* Finished */
return;
}

Depending on the location of the file the function can be compiled in the following ways:

If on IFS:

CRTCMOD MODULE(<some library>/MYCPGM) SRCSTMF('< location of the MYPGM.C file on the IFS>') OUTPUT(*PRINT) OPTIMIZE(40) INLINE(*ON *AUTO) TGTRLS(V4R5M0)

If using source file:

CRTCMOD MODULE(<some library>/MYCPGM) SRCFILE(<some library>/<source file>) OUTPUT(*PRINT) OPTIMIZE(40) INLINE(*ON *AUTO) TGTRLS(V4R5M0)

and then

CRTPGM PGM(<some library>/MYCPGM) ACTGRP(*CALLER) TGTRLS(V4R5M0)

The following RDML function can be used to test the above:

FUNCTION OPTIONS(*DIRECT)
DEFINE #arg1 *char 10
DEFINE #arg2 *dec 7 decimals(0)
BEGIN_LOOP
REQUEST (#Arg1 #arg2)
CALL PGM(MYCPGM) PARM(#arg1 #arg2) NUM_LEN(*Defined)
END_LOOP