RE: CMD prompt question

I'm fairly certain that the ADDRESSEE command parameter type is the cause of
your problem, as explained in the error text "EXPR(*YES)" - you need to
review the specification of that PARM statement in the command source; even
if it is not EXPR(*YES), the odds are something here is the problem.  The
technique I use in these circumstances is to use EXPR(*NO), do all the
string manipulation in a separate work field, including a single quote at
the start & end of string, then pass the field into the command.  The '-'
sign is not the only character that can cause problems like this, classics
are spaces and the single quote character. 

Kind regards,

Jeffrey E. Bull
OS400 Software Support Consultant

IBM Certified Systems Expert, iSeries Technical Solutions
IBM Certified Systems Specialist, AS/400 System Administration

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-----Original Message-----
From: DeLong, Eric [mailto:EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 January 2004 23:22
To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: CMD prompt question


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.

 

 

 
Bottom


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



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