Re: I apoligize if this was posted more than once, but....

R
Hello Mike,

You wrote:
>Hi.  I have an interesting task.  I need to check for the existence of an
>object on the 400 and I would like to do so using either an API or a
>procedure.  I need to check for the existence of user profiles now, but
>there may be the need in the future to check for the existence or other
>objects on the system.  I would like to do this in RPG rather than calling a
>CL or executing a command from RPG.  Any ideas?

Trivial.  Since you want to do something with an object perhaps the Object API 
section 
of the SPIR would be a good starting place?  You will discover there is no 
direct 
equivalent to the CHKOBJ command but you could use the QUSROBJD API.  Or you 
could write 
a procedure to wrap the rslvsp() C function -- which is what CHKOBJ is using 
anyway 
(well, really the RSLVSP MI instruction).

>Ps.  Does anyone have a good source for the API's on the system.  I find
>that IBM has a fragmented structure as to the documentation.  I would like
>it if there is somewhere to get a list of all the API's on the system and
>what they do.

The SPIR isn't that difficult to navigate, you just need some idea of how the 
APIs are 
grouped.  The SPIR appendix lists all the APIs with a description and indicates 
release 
compatibilities.  It is certainly awkward on VRM420, VRM430, and VRM440 because 
some 
APIs are in the softcopy library and others are in the Information Centre. At 
least at 
VRM450 all the APIs are in the InfoCentre -- but HTML documentation still sucks!

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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