From: Rick Crider To: All
Does anybody out there know how to retrieve the system serial number in an RPG program? I would be most appreciative to have somebody stand up and say: I do!! I do!! It would also be nice if you'd then tell me how to do it.
From: Ernie Malaga To: Rick Crider
Code your RPG program as shown in 2a. Then create CL program RTVSRL as shown in 2b.
Code your RPG program as shown in Figure 2a. Then create CL program RTVSRL as shown in Figure 2b.
Voila!
TechTalk: Retrieving the AS/400 Serial Number
Figure 2A RPG to call RTVSRL CL program
Figure 2a: RPG To Call RTVSRL CL Program .... ....1.... ....2.... ....3.... ....4.... ....5.... ....6.... ....7 C CALL 'RTVSRL' C PARM SRLNBR 8
TechTalk: Retrieving the AS/400 Serial Number
Figure 2B CL program RTVSRL
Figure 2b: CL Program RTVSRL RTVSRL: PGM PARM(&SRLNBR) DCL VAR(&SRLNBR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(8) RTVSYSVAL SYSVAL(QSRLNBR) RTNVAR(&SRLNBR) ENDPGM
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