RE: Finding the name of a command

>If those commands are used from a
>command line only (thus interactively)
>you can implement the Retrieve Request
>Message API in the CPP.

Excellent idea Carel!

Here's an "F9=Retrieve" from one of my request processing CL programs:

             DCL        &MSGKEY *CHAR 5
             DCL        &MSGTYPE *CHAR 5
             DCL        &KEYVAR *CHAR 4
             DCL        &RTNTYPE *CHAR 2
             DCL        &CMD *CHAR 256

TAG001:
            SNDRCVF
            CHGVAR     &MSGTYPE '*LAST'
            CHGVAR     &MSGKEY  '*NONE'

            IF         &IN09 DO

 RTV001:
            IF   (&MSGKEY *EQ '*NONE') DO
                             RCVMSG PGMQ(*SAME)  +
                                    MSGTYPE(&MSGTYPE) +
                                    KEYVAR(&KEYVAR) +
                                    RMV(*NO) +
                                    MSG(&CMD) +
                                    RTNTYPE(&RTNTYPE)
                             MONMSG CPF0000 EXEC(GOTO TAG001)
            ENDDO

            IF   (&MSGKEY *NE '*NONE') DO
                             RCVMSG PGMQ(*SAME)  +
                                    MSGTYPE(&MSGTYPE) +
                                    MSGKEY(&MSGKEY) +
                                    KEYVAR(&KEYVAR) +
                                    RMV(*NO) +
                                    MSG(&CMD) +
                                    RTNTYPE(&RTNTYPE)
                             MONMSG CPF0000 EXEC(GOTO TAG001)
            ENDDO

                              IF (&RTNTYPE *EQ '  ') DO
                              CHGVAR &MSGTYPE '*LAST'
                              CHGVAR &MSGKEY  '*NONE'
                              GOTO TAG001
                              ENDDO

                              CHGVAR &MSGKEY &KEYVAR
                              CHGVAR &MSGTYPE '*PRV'

                              IF ((&RTNTYPE *NE '08') *AND +
                                  (&RTNTYPE *NE '10')) (GOTO RTV001)

                              GOTO TAG001

             ENDDO