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Eric, >However, this presented a problem, the other parameter >were shown and could be altered by the operator You could use "selective prompt characters" to limit what the operator sees and/or can change. In its simplest form you could use CHGUSRPRF ??USRPRF() ??PASSWORD() ?*STATUS(*ENABLED) and they would only see those three parameters, with STATUS being forced to *ENABLED. Note that there is *not* a ? in front of the command name. Putting ?? in front of a keyword causes the command to be prompted, and the keyword available for data entry. Using ?* makes it displayed, but protected. I used it for the STATUS keyword so the user could enable a profile, but not disable one. Here is a clip of the brief description of the prefixes available: +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ Selective ¦ ¦ ¦ Prompting ¦ ¦ ¦ Character ¦ Description ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?? ¦ The parameter is displayed and input-capable. ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?* ¦ The parameter is displayed but is not input-capable. Any ¦ ¦ ¦ user-specified value is passed to the command processing ¦ ¦ ¦ program. ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?< ¦ The parameter is displayed and is input-capable, but the ¦ ¦ ¦ command default is sent to the CPP unless the value ¦ ¦ ¦ displayed on the parameter is changed. ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?/ ¦ Reserved for IBM use. ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?- ¦ The parameter is not displayed. The specified value (or ¦ ¦ ¦ default) is passed to the CPP. Not allowed in prompt ¦ ¦ ¦ override programs. ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?& ¦ The parameter is not displayed until F9=All parameters is ¦ ¦ ¦ pressed. Once displayed, it is input-capable. The ¦ ¦ ¦ command default is sent to the CPP unless the value ¦ ¦ ¦ displayed on the parameter is changed. ¦ +-----------+------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ?% ¦ The parameter is not displayed until F9=All parameters is ¦ ¦ ¦ pressed. Once displayed, it is not input-capable. The ¦ ¦ ¦ command default is sent to the CPP. ¦ +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ That didn't paste well into the message. Search for "selective prompting" in the CL Programming manual. The command prompter is a fairly versatile asset, and selective prompting can be real useful for cases like this. Doug +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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