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Peter,

Cool, then you could write your own cmds and by definition, be writing
your own custom opcodes...

WELL!  Glad to see that there's someone else out there that's thinking
along this like...

Oh, Peter, btw, expect alot of the regulars to blast away at this as they
did my posting about a week ago....:)

Don in DC

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Peter Dow wrote:

> Just extend that a little -- allow use of the command as an opcode in RPG IV
> and switch on command prompting for RPGLE type source in SEU...
> 
> Then we could make commands for each procedure instead of PR/PI D specs.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charly Jones <charly301@hotmail.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: re DDS Support
> 
> 
> >
> > Great idea!  All we would need is some syntax for declaring
> > the characterstics of the parameters, the type, length, valid
> > values, and so on.  And then a method of storing this information
> > somewhere where SEU can find it.  And then a runtime mechanism
> > to validate the parameters and do something sensible if they
> > are incorrect...  Here is a radical thought, we could even have
> > a syntax for interparameter validation - If parameter HowMuch is
> > equal to *ALOT then parameter CreditCheck can only be *YES...
> >
> > IBM already did all of that.  It is called CL.  We can write our own
> > commands and we get all the functionality you asked for and more.
> > SEU already knows how to handle commands.  And you can write your
> > programs in your favorite language.  And your programs don't
> > have to validate the parameters because the command analyzer
> > already did it...
> >
> > This probably isn't what you were asking for...
> >
> > Charly
> >
> > >"Steven Easton" <seaston@ionet.net> wrote:
> > >SQL in RPG is promptable.  Just type in a UPDATE sql command
> > >and press F4, you are prompted for the file name, fields etc.
> > >
> > >CL is promptable, just type savlib and press F4 and fill in the
> > > >parameters.  The valuse are retuned to SEU.
> > >
> > >Why can't call to other program be promptable in RPG.  To me,
> > >it looks like just an enhancement to SEU, not the RPG compiler.
> >
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