Re: "Off" command

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim and Jim -

>> I am sure you have thought of this but you could create a command and add
>> it to the menu.  By creating it yourself you could call it OFF or
anything
>> else you wanted.
>as long as the menu hardcoded the lib to execute your cmd OFF, like
>"mylib/off".
>In a S36 environment, the system will execute the procedures 1st, before
>checking commands. I even put it in QSYS. Still did procedure first.
>Many of the S36 procedures can be modified (QSSP/QS36PRC), but not
>OFF.   Jim

The problem is that OFF is a S/36 built-in command, not a procedure.  It's
like if you were trying to change the DEL command in DOS, you would have to
patch COMMAND.COM.

>Actually, on just about every menu we have on the system, option 24 is
"Off".
>I was hoping to change this command (thinking it was one of ours, not one
of IBM's) in
>one spot so that when anyone either typed "Off" or selected #24 from a menu
it would
>either ENDPASTHR or do a SIGNOFF.
>
>Apparently, it looks like this is not to be the case and I am going to have
to modify every
>single menu we have on the system (tons of them).
>
>Okay, next step, can anyone think of a way to kludge the S/36 environment
to run my Off
>command instead of the built in S/36 Off command?

If this were a real S/36 or a M36, I would suggest the "patch COMMAND.COM"
route.  It's not called COMMAND.COM, but there is a program that contains
the names of the built-in commands.  It could be patched to rename OFF to
XFF or something, which would then make OFF look for a procedure.

Unfortunately, this being the S/36 environment, it would be difficult to
find where OFF is stored, and probably even more difficult to change it.

Your best bet, I think, would be to throw together something to change
option 24 on your menus.  I've done this in the deep, dark past, but I don't
remember enough about S/36 menus anymore to tell you how, and we don't have
the S/36EE installed anymore.  But it is doable.


Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.


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