Re: BPCS INV920

Anup,

In a message dated 2/1/00 3:54:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
anup_k@hotmail.com writes:

> Hello Everyone:
>  We are a BPCS6.04 Full Client House.  I am a programmer/analyst.  I am 
>  intrested in writing a scheduler to schedule (Monthly/Weekly/Daily jobs) 
for 
>  my company using CL/RPG.
>  Problem: I am unable to get the parameters and program list i need to 
call.  
> 
>  As we dont own a As/set tool it is imposiable for me to check out the 
source 
>  code.  My main concerns are INV920 (Inventory post to G/L), ACP900 
(Accounts 
>  Payable), ACR900 (Accounts Recivable), PUR900 (Purchasing Month-End Close 
>  Program) and INV903 (Inventory Month-End Close)
>  Any help provided would be highly appreciated...

_IF_ you are running on an AS/400, I might be able to help.  If not, perhaps 
an HP guru will step forward?  V5+ BPCS _generally_ passes three parameters 
to batch programs -- a one-byte useless one required by AS/Set, a 256 byte 
selection list, and a 256 byte parameter list.  I'll not swear as to the 
order of the latter two, as I'm usually only concerned with contents as they 
appear in the data structure -- _NOT_ the order in which they're passed.

First, perform a print screen of the batch submission parameters panel for 
the program in question.  BPCS programs usually (but not always) pass 
parameters in the order in which they appear on the screen to the batch 
program.  Second, temporarily change, or use a different, job description 
used to submit BPCS programs (in your workstation data area) to fully 
document batch jobs by using LOG(4 00 *SECLVL) LOGCLPGM(*YES).  If using a 
live job description, be sure to use the DSPJOBD OUTPUT(*PRINT) command so 
that you can return it to its' original state, as these new settings will 
cause significant performance degradation.  Submit the job to batch and 
review the resulting job log.

At the top of the aforementioned joblog, the parameters should appear after 
the PARM keyword.  The first should be blank or contain some "nonsense" 
character.  The second will either be blank or contain your entered 
parameters (often in hex for numerics) followed by an "X" in position 256.  
The third will either be blank or contain your entered parameters.  Use this 
joblog to establish your CL program based upon the desired results.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me offline for more details 
-- free of charge.

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The brain is a wonderful organ.  It starts the moment you get up, and 
doesn't stop until you get to the office." -- Robert Frost
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