Hello Michelle,

Couldn't you make a subclass that includes a PARAMETER statement to accept whatever parameters you wish to send it, then include a DODEFAULT() passing paremeters based on a version or other criteria.

HTH

Bob


>I would really like to retrofit a class with a parameter statement for some new development. Unfortunately, all the old stuff doesn't expect any parameters so there is no PARAMETERS line. I get this error:
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>"No PARAMETER statement is found (Error 1238)"
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>According to the help, I'm SOL. It says: "After doing a program with a parameter list, the called program must begin with a PARAMETER statement." But I thought I would try here and see if anyone ever figured a way around that.
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>I tried searching, but the UT search can't count. A search on "parameter statement found" came back saying I can't have any words less than 3 characters.
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>So, is there any way to supress this error, other than turning the error handler off or fixing all the old code? I don't care if the parameter is ignored; I just don't want the error.
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>Thanks,
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>Michelle