COLLECTDATA

Use the COLLECTDATA statement to retrieve data passed from the PASSDATA clause of an EXECUTE statement.

COMMAND SYNTAX

    COLLECTDATA variable

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

variable is the name of the variable, which is to store the retrieved data.

NOTES

Use the COLLECTDATA statement in any program, which is EXECUTEd (or PERFORMed) by another program where the calling program uses a PASSDATA clause. The EXECUTEd program uses a COLLECTDATA statement to retrieve the passed data.

If a PASSDATA clause is not in effect, variable will be assigned a value of null.

TAFJ note: COLLECTDATA statement is not supported.

EXAMPLE

Program test.b:

       EXECUTE './test2' PASSDATA SYSTEM(40)

Program test2.b:

       COLLECTDATA the_parent
       CRT 'Executed from ' : the_parent

Program test2 executed by itself outputs "Executed from "; execution of program test will output "Executed from test".

NOTE

Compile both programs without "-E" switch so shared libraries will be created, otherwise the data wouldn't be passed between programs.