Re: Oh No... How do I run commands in S36 environment?

Hi Chris,

My requirements (and Dan's as well) involved running the MENU S/36 command. If you circumvent the 'Limited User' problem by adopting authority, then the user would get a menu (with a command line) where he/she would not have limited authority.

We want to be able to display a S/36 menu, but not give the user access to the command-line!

My solution was simply to convert the menu to a native one, so that we could use the GO CL command and didn't need to run MENU. I don't know if that'd work for Dan. Personally, I was frustrated by the lack of a QCMDEXC equivalent for the S/36 environment. I also fail to see the value of QCAPCMD providing S/36 capability, but restricting it to those with limit capability=no...


Chris Bipes wrote:

Can a CL program running under adopted owner authority without the
limited user flag set run the S36 commands?



Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.


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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:38 AM
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Subject: Re: Oh No... How do I run commands in S36 environment?

Hi Dan,

I am just trying to find a way to run a S36 command from CL or RPG when the user has LMTCPB(*YES).

QCMDEXC only runs CL commands. QCAPCMD can run S36 commands, but not for limited users.

FWIW, I had a project with the same requirements. I came up empty. The
STRS36PRC command won't run all S/36 commands, and QCAPCMD would work,
but only for non-limited users. It's really frustrating.

For my project, it was an "it would be nice" item, but not a "must
have", so we ended up completing the project without this support.

But, if you find an elegant solution, please let me know!