RE: F9 Command Retrieval

At 02:26 PM 12/23/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Okay, everyone has the right to a stupid question.  Here is mine.  I keep 
>seeing things about APIs.  I have no idea what you are talking about. 
> Help!
>
What?  You've never heard of API, American Press Interational, the renowned
new sysndicate?

Just kidding.  Actually API is a baseball statistic.  API stands for Actual
Pitched Innings.

Hah!  Kidding again.

API = Application Program Interface.  One of the other gurus can probably
explain it better than me.  What I know is that an API is code that performs
a specific, but commonly-used task, that you can incorporate into your program.
I believe an API is specific to the operating system and can be employed by
programs written in different languages if declared properly in the program.
I've used APIs in Visual Basic code in a MS Windows environment, and from
what I have gathered, with the advent of ILE, they are now on the AS400.  

Jim


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>From:  bvining@VNET.IBM.COM[SMTP:bvining@VNET.IBM.COM]
>Reply To:      MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Sent:  Wednesday, December 23, 1998 9:29 AM
>To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject:       F9 Command Retrieval
>
>Rajeev,
>
>I don't know if this was previously mentioned, but rather than copying
>or scanning the joblog there is the Retrieve Request Message (QMHRTVRQ)
>API which provides several methods for retrieving previously executed
>commands.  The API can be found in the Message Handling APIs chapter of
>the System API Reference and would not require periodic recopying of the
>joblog or filtering on your part for non-request messages.
>
>Bruce Vining
>
>>
>>Hi Everybody,
>>
>>Thanks a lot for replying.
>>I got what I wanted.
>>
>>Moreover, for quick fix, there is command (Copy Joblog to
>>Source)CPYJOBLOG command in TAATOOL which can copy commands entered on
>>command line, to a source.
>>One can use that source also.
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>
>>Rajeev.
>>
>
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