RE: WRKOBJ - Is this a bug or a feature?

["Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, the functionality you are looking for can be obtained by working
with lists of objects via PDM (STRPDM) ... Use F16 to set up custom
commands....

Kenneth

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Landess
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:36 PM
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Subject: WRKOBJ - Is this a bug or a feature?

This has always irritated me -

I am used to being able to specify a parameter value on the bottom line of
an iSeries display produced by a command such as WRKSPLF and WRKUSRPRF.  

Let me explain.  For example:
 
If I type WRKSPLF SOMEUSER, then I will get a list of all spooled files for
that user.  If I want to change the outq for several of these spooled files
at once, I can put a 2 next to each spooled file that I want to change, then
on the command line at the bottom of the WRKSPLF display type OUTQ(NEWOUTQ),
press <Enter>, then all of the spooled files will be changed to the new
output queue.

The same technique works for the WRKUSRPRF command - I can place a 2 beside
several user ids, then type a parm value at the bottom of the screen, and it
will change all of them when I press <Enter>.

The WRKOBJ screen it doesn't work this way.  

WRKOBJ allows you to place an 8 by an object to view the object description.
The default (as shipped from IBM) for the DETAIL parm of the DSPOBJD command
is *FULL.  When I put an 8 by several objects on the WRKOBJ screen at the
same time, and then type DETAIL(*SERVICE) on the bottom line, I would expect
to get a display of the *SERVICE object description of each object, one at a
time, by pressing the <Enter> key.  Instead, it highlights the first 8 and I
get the message "Parameter DETAIL specified more than once." on the message
line at the bottom.

However, if I place an 8 by several objects on the WRKOBJ display, enter
DETAIL(*SERVICE) on the bottom line, and press F4 to prompt, on the prompt
screen it DOES fill in the value of *SERVICE for the DETAIL parm, but this
requires me to press the <Enter> key twice for each object for which I want
to see the *SERVICE object description.

What gives?  Why the inconsistency between the two commands?

I have never reported this to IBM - I figure that they'll just say, as JDE
(PeopleSoft) always says, "That is a feature, NOT a bug".

Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935
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