Re: Re[2]: csv output from cpytoimpf

[dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)]

Dale,

>Beautiful!! Ah love undocumented features! Worked like a charm, suddenly a 3
>character field became 25. 

This is documented.  The command prompter has worked this way as long
as I can remember.  Even on the S/38.   While it changes the size of
the input area on the screen, it does not necessarily follow the
command's CPP will accept a longer value.  In this case *TAB would
presumably be a special value mapped to a one-byte constant in the
command definition.  Except if that were the case, then the command
prompter would be smart enough to give you enough room to type the
special value.  I'm not on V4, so I can't check how CPYTOIMPF is
really defined.  Maybe someone forgot to add *TAB as a special value?
You can press F4 in the field to see the special values which are
defined.

But regarding documentation: Prompt *any* command.  Press F13 (How to
use this display).  Page down to the discussion of "Special
Characters" and you'll find typing a ? is the same as pressing F4 in a
field.  Typing & increases the length of the entry field (to 25, 80,
132, 256, or 512 characters.  Repeat as needed.)   Use + to request
more entries for a list; use > or < to insert or delete entries in a
list.

Keep paging down and you'll find the list of selective prompt
prefixes, another useful but often overlooked feature of commands.

This is all also in the CL manuals.

Doug
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