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The AddParameterBin i Method

AddParameterBin ($IOType, , $Size, $Comment, $Name, $Value) - Defines the binary type parameter. This parameter allows you to define data that does not require EBCDIC/ASCII conversion for example Unicode (UTF-8) data or Blob/Clob data.

The parameter input value, which is binary, should be converted to a hexadecimal string type and the output parameter returned by a program, which is a hexadecimal string should be converted to binary type.

Arguments	Value	Description
$IOType	in out both	Data direction type
$Size		Parameter size
$Comment		Developer comment
$Name		Parameter name
$Value		Parameter value

Sample Code

	$string = bin2hex($bin); $param[] = $ToolkitServiceObj->AddParameterBin('both', 20, 'UncodeSample', 'p1', $string); $result = $ToolkitServiceObj->PgmCall($program, $library, $param, NULL, NULL); $bin_str = pack("H*", $result[‘io_param’][‘p1’]));