Using UIM for help text even easier with V5R3

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Lampert mentioned how easy it is to write help text with UIM. V5R3 
has made it even better, with the GENCMDDOC command. This command is used 
to generate either HTML or UIM source based on a retrieved command 
description (QDCRCMDD command does not have a help PNLGRP attached, you 
will get a skeleton based on the parameters, etc., with places to put your 
text. If there is a PNLGRP, the command will generate the UIM source for it.

There are a couple nice things - the source is not version-dependent. So, 
if you are like us, who develop on V5R1, you could bring your commands to a 
V5R3 machine, run the command, then bring the source back to the V5R1 machine.

You can also reverse-engineer IBM's help text with this. This could give 
you ideas on how to do some of the neat things we see.

Then, once you have created the PNLGRP, run the command again to get HTML, 
if you want. No more syntax diagrams (BOO! HOO!), but a nice parameter 
table with links to the individual parameter help.

Guy Vig, of IBM, had webcasts in the last 2 weeks on both the new CL flow 
control stuff, etc., and the command documentation thing. Go to 
www.search400.com and look for webcast archives. He's also going to be at 
Toronto COMMON.

Vern