Retrieve Object Description (QUSROBJD)

Summary

The following is an RPG/LE fully free-form prototype for the IBM QUSROBJD API to retrieve the description for a specified object. The calling process must have at least *USE authority for the object.

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By Dave Clark

Prototype for the QUSROBJD API

//******************************************************************************
// IBM API to Retrieve an Object's Description (if authorized to object)
// https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_72/apis/qusrobjd.htm
//******************************************************************************
/include qsysinc/qrpglesrc,qusrobjd         // QUSROBJD API data structures
dcl-pr IBMAPI_RtvObjDesc          extpgm('QUSROBJD');
  ObjDesc               likeds(QUSD0400)    options(*varsize);
  ObjDscL               int(10)   const;
  ObjDFmt               char(8)   const;
  ObjName               char(20)  const;
  ObjType               char(10)  const;
// optional parm group 1
  ObjErrC               likeds(ApiErrC)     options(*nopass:*varsize);
// optional parm group 2
  ObjAspC               likeds(QUSRASPC)    options(*nopass);
end-pr;

References

• API Error Code Structure (ApiErrC)