RE: Dynamic part on a standard menu

I suspect you'd need to use a *PGM type menu to do what you wnat. The DDSMNU uses a DSPF, but ours is not the program that's showing the DSPF.

This seems similar to an internationalization problem. Those are often handled with MSGFs. I just saw that you can put a MSGCON into a menu - +M(n) for the length - you get prompted for the MSGID and MSGF. But this is bound to the menu DSPF at creation. To be bound at runtime requires the MSGID keyword in a DSPF, and that is not possible in a menu, for some reason. You'd need to create sets of objects in separate libraries, I think.

I just tried using a MSGF in a UIM menu. It is bound when created, so it's like DDS menus

With a PGM type, you could use MSGIDs in the DSPF and have the text change according to what you library list is. This is the only menu that lets you use one pair of program-dspf objects, with different msgfs in different libraries. So this is the only one that's dynamic. But this is also the type that can have different options, depending on user, etc.

BTW, all menus are activated with the GO command, whatever the type.

HTH

Vern

At 05:21 PM 2/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:

It is just a plain old MNUDDS menu. I use GO MYMENU to go there.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vern Hamberg [mailto:vhamberg@centerfieldtechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:14 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Dynamic part on a standard menu


Mike, what kind of menu are you using, UIM, DSPF, or PGM? If UIM, there is
a remote chance you could have a VAR tag and use that in various display
strings, and use QUIPUTV to set the value.

Another possibility is to use messages files that have the same ID but
different text, then OVRMSGF before showing the menu. Have never done these
things - speculation on my part.

HTH

Vern

At 03:33 PM 2/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>On menus can you have a variable that can be filled by a CL? I want to use
>the same menu for each environment (dev, test, live) but when I am looking
>at the menu I know which env I am in. Any ideas?
>
>Mike Wills
>iSeries Programmer
>Taylor Corporation
>mnwills@taylorcorp.com
>(507) 386-3187
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