A programming exercise for those with time to spare :-)

["Njal Fisketjon" <n.f@xxxxxxx>]

Below is a screen "snapshot" from a utility made by a former
colleague some 10+ years ago. 

It let's you look at and change the associated space of any object (with the
exception of those protected under the "new" security levels).

Where there are pointers, you can "nest" further down the "object structure".

At the time, we used it a lot to try to figure out the internal object
structures", since we didn't have access to the S/38 microfiches.

I know that the programmer who made this have added the option of setting
pointers within the space being edited.

Has anyone on this mailing list made a similar "tool"?

Command Prompt:
                          Edit Object Space (EDTOBJSPC)                         
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 Object . . . . . . . . . . . . .   *PCS____________________________            
                            
 Library  . . . . . . . . . . . .   *LIBL_____    Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *MCHCTX 
 Object type  . . . . . . . . . .   *ONLY___      *ONLY, *ALL, object type      
 Internal object type . . . . . .   ____          Object type                   
 Display starting position  . . .   *BEGIN_____   Number, *BEGIN                
  
 Output format  . . . . . . . . .   *HEX_         *CHAR, *HEX                   

Sample display with default values selected: (*PCS Process Control Space?)

                              Edit Object Space                                
 Obj:  QPADEV0004NFISKETJ  162787      Lib:                                     
 Type: 1A EF           Space size:      FE0   Owner:            Invocation:   1 
 Offset:                                                                        
   Offset  0.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.A.B.C.D.E.F.   0123456789ABCDEF                  
        0 _ SPP - QINSEPT                        QSYS                00000000   
       10 _ SYP - QWCBT01                        QSYS                3F00       
       20 _ SYP - QDMCQ                                              FF00       
       30 _ SYP - QPADEV0004                     *MCHCTX    *DEVD    FF00       
       40 _ SYP - QTEMP     00AF827B0D76C62C8000 *MCHCTX             FF00       
       50 _ SPP - QINTER    2                                        00000000   
       60 _ SPP - PDT                                                00000000   
       70 _ SYP - NFISKETJ                       *MCHCTX    *USRPRF  0000       
       80 _ SYP - QMIRQ                                              FF00       
       90 '00000000000000000000000000000000' ''                 
       A0 '00000000000000000000000000000000' ''                 
       B0 '00000000000000000000000000000000' ''                 
       C0 _ SPP - QWCLUWA                                            00000000   
       D0 '00000000000000000000000000000000' ''                 
       E0 _ SPP - SBS MONITOR DEVICE TABLE                           00003300   
       F0 '00000000000000000000000000000000' ''               + 
                                                                                
 F3=Exit   F10=Alter mode   F12=Cancel                 Option 1=Select          
                                                                                

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