Re: Use data area in UIM menu?

Loyd,

The following may meet your requirements:

UIM Menu DEPTMENUX must already exist.

Compile the following CL program.

             PGM        PARM(&MENUNAME &MENULIB &ACTION)

             DCL        VAR(&THISMENU) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) +
                          VALUE(DEPTMENU)
             DCL        VAR(&MENUNAME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
             DCL        VAR(&MENULIB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
             DCL        VAR(&ACTION) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(2)
             DCL        VAR(&DEPTMENU) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)

             RTVDTAARA  DTAARA(DEPTMENU) RTNVAR(&DEPTMENU)

             IF         COND(&MENUNAME = &THISMENU) THEN(DO)
             CHGVAR     VAR(&THISMENU) VALUE(&THISMENU *TCAT 'X')
             RTVOBJD    OBJ(&THISMENU) OBJTYPE(*MENU) RTNLIB(&MENULIB)
             CRTDUPOBJ  OBJ(&THISMENU) FROMLIB(&MENULIB) +
                          OBJTYPE(*MENU) TOLIB(QTEMP) NEWOBJ(&DEPTMENU)
             MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000)
             GO         MENU(QTEMP/&DEPTNAME)
             CHGVAR     VAR(&ACTION) VALUE(X'FFFF')
             ENDDO
             ENDPGM

Use the CRTMNU command to create a menu DEPTMENU of type *PGM from this
program. Type GO DEPTMENU on the command line. The menu name (department
name) will show in the top left corner of the UIM menu. The variable &ZMENU
will be available in the called UIM menu with the current department name as
the value for &ZMENU to pass as a parameter to any called programs if
required.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@afs.bwauto.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: Use data area in UIM menu?


> I didn't find anything to cover this, but is there a way to show the
> contents of a data area in a UIM menu?
>
> We have "departmental" menus, about 40 of them. A programmer before me
wrote
> individual menus for each department, so the floor people could type GO
> WV182 or GO WV282 to get to that specific menu. Obviously, it's a PITA to
> maintain if new programs are needed, or if we need to add a department.
> These are SDA/program menus, with a DDS and CL for each department.
> Currently, an initial screen asks for the department and routes to the
> individual menu.
>
> Assuming all the departmental menus are identical (they should be), I plan
> to write a UIM menu to replace the department menus. My plan was for an
> initial signon program to create a data area in QTEMP and use a menu
option
> to fill in the department number. That department gets stored in QTEMP's
> data area. Programs driven from the department menu would read the data
area
> for the department and act accordingly. I want to show the department on
the
> menu itself (current or active department), and was hoping UIM could do
> that. If not, I will make a generic program menu to suffice.
>
> Thanks,
> Loyd
>
> --
> Loyd Goodbar
> Programmer/Analyst
> BorgWarner Incorporated
> Air/Fluid Systems, Water Valley, MS
>
>
>
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