Re: Command Creation (Was: Recursive CL - Data decimal error)

On Wed, 24 October 2001, Jim Langston wrote:

> I create command source.  14.  Remember to prompt, now what is the
>    call I want to use?  And going back having to recreate commands
>    months later, what program was this command supposed to call?
>    No idea.  I hope they documented it in the command source
>    (yeah, right, like that'll ever happen).
>
> I think commands would be utilized a lot more if you could
> actually specify the program to call inside the command source
> itself, then just compile with 14.

I view command definition objects pretty much as I do prototypes for ILE RPG 
and I think that's a good analogy to describe their use.

As others mentioned, by naming the CPP the same as the command, or even using a 
naming standard that says "For command ABC, name the CPP as ABCx", there's 
little problem linking the command with the CPP. And for setting the 
attributes, I've long used my own RECRTCMD that is almost certainly the same as 
Craig Rutledge's since there aren't that many ways of doing it. I've also got a 
RSTCMDATR command that lets me select a previous CMD version from QRPLOBJ and 
apply its attributes to the new CMD in case I mess up. It's mostly just 
RECRTCMD with a front-end selection list and CHGCMD instead of CRTCMD. (Hey, 
we're programmers... if a tool doesn't exist, create one.)

I agree that IBM support for command creation could be a little more advanced, 
but I believe that CMDs provide much more than what the small cost of creating 
them is.

Tom Liotta

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