CMD prompt question

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've hit the wall on what should be an easy problem to fix, but I can't seem
to get around the problem.....

We use a modified version of Dave Leland's SNDEMAIL command.  One of the
programmers here wrote a program to email change notifications to a group of
application users.  In his app, he builds a command string containing the
SNDEMAIL command, formatted with the recipient addresses, then executes it
via 'system' call.  We have done similar projects and have not had problems
until now...

Problem: one recipient has hyphenated name.  The ADDRESSEE parm looks like
this:
ADDRESSEE((test-address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx))   <------ no apostrophe's around
the address string.

When the program runs, the job logs the following error:
                        Additional Message Information

 

Message ID . . . . . . :   CPD0050       Severity . . . . . . . :   30

Message type . . . . . :   Diagnostic

Date sent  . . . . . . :   01/16/04      Time sent  . . . . . . :   15:49:52

 

Message . . . . :   Expression operator not allowed for parameter ADDRESSEE.

Cause . . . . . :   An expression operator was found immediately before or

  after a character string with no intervening blanks on a parameter that
does
  not support expressions. Character string expressions are only allowed in

  CHGVAR commands, IF commands, or a parameter defined with EXPR(*YES).

  Arithmetic, relational, and logical expressions are only allowed on the

  CHGVAR and IF commands.

Recovery  . . . :   Remove the expression operator or insert a blank between

  the operator and the character string. More information on expression

  operators can be found in the CL Reference manual.

 

 

 
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Here's the CMD source for the parm in question:
 ELEM1:      ELEM       TYPE(*PNAME) LEN(256) MIN(1) EXPR(*YES) +     
                          PROMPT('E-mail address of recipient')       
             ELEM       TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(256) DFT(*NONE) +             
                          SPCVAL((*NONE '')) EXPR(*YES) +             
                          PROMPT('Name of e-mail recipient')          
             ELEM       TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1) DFT(*PRI) SPCVAL((*PRI +   
                          '0') (*CC '1') (*BCC '2')) EXPR(*YES) +     
                          PROMPT('Recipient type')                     

The parm WANTS apostrophes around the string because of the hyphen.  Can
this be fixed in the command source, or possible a command validator
program?  


Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863