Re: CL commands from within RPG

I wonder that too.

I think I too was frustrated many moons ago by the lack of direct support 
for commands in RPG.  Some commands just don't lend themselves well to 
being called from API's.  Namely any one beginning with RTV.  I guess I've 
been beaten into submission and have adopted the party line of replacing 
all that with other api's.  For example, why should my rpg program call a 
custom cl program that does a RTVMSG when I should call the standard IBM 
api to get the same information.

I just submitted an enhancement to the API finder at 
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/info/apis/apifinder.htm
to allow you to search by CL command.  For example a search by RTVMSG 
should show you:
"Retrieve Message (QMHRTVM) retrieves the message text and other elements 
of a predefined message stored in a message file on your system. This API 
is similar to the Retrieve Message (RTVMSG) command."

You can get really close to this capability by the general search bar of 
infocenter typing in "api rtvmsg" without the quotes.

The first time you try to use the QMHRTVM might be a little work, but 
after you prototype it and stuff it's just another tool in your toolkit.

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Why don't you want to use QCMDEXC?





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Can someone tell me if there is a simple method of calling a CL command
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within an RPG program without having to use API's?


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