Re: Choice Programs

>>We use commands, and we put "sophisticated" 
>>prompting in the command processing program
>>using DSPFs when needed.  Remember, you can
>>use RPG (any flavour) as a CPP, not just CL.
>
>Just curious, does your prompting include the ability 
>to handle parameter dependencies, hiding non-applicable 
>parameters and dynamically closing the gaps?

We use the command prompter's native ability for lists,
dependencies and selective prompting.  By "sophisticated,"
I meant parameters that need to get validated against
a database file or files.  As you have already noted,
a choice program doesn't return a parm value back to the 
CPP.  In cases like this, it's easier to use a DSPF in the
CPP than to make the end user cut/paste/retype the values.

I agree that the command language is a wonderful, underused
asset. 

Buck Calabro
CommSoft, Albany, NY
mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net






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