Re: Validity checking program parms

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

>Does anyone know if there's a manual somewhere that tells how parms are
>supposed to be defined for a validity checking program written in CL for
>a specific command (in this case the dltsplf command)?  

There is no such manual -- which explains why you can't find it. <g>

If you are on a release prior to V5R1, then the best thing to do is get a copy
of Dave McKenzie's excellent freeware RTVCMDSRC utility.  This will recreate the
command source for virtually any command -- IBM or user.  Armed with the command
source, you can tell the parameter structure the CPP is expecting and therefore
what a VCP will need as well.

RTVCMDSRC is available on the shareware/freeware section of the News/400 web
side ( www.as400network.com ) and possibly other places too.

In V5R1, new exit programs were added for dealing with commands, and are the
preferred method for modifing the behavior of IBM commands.

Doug

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