RE: User spaces -- MIDRANGE-L

>From the CL programming manual, chapter 9;

Name (*NAME). The parameter value is a character string that represents a basic 
name. The maximum length of the name is 256 characters. The first character is 
alphabetic (A-Z), $, #, or @. The remaining characters are the same as the 
first character, but can also include the numbers 0 through 9, underscores (_), 
and periods (.). The name can also be a string of characters that begin and end 
with double quotation marks (″). The system passes the value to the 
command processing program as a character string of the length specified in the 
LEN parameter. The value is left-justified and padded with blanks. Normally, 
you use the *NAME type for object names. If you can enter a special value such 
as *LIBL or *NONE for the name parameter, you must describe the special value 
on the SPCVAL parameter. Then, if the display station user enters one of the 
allowed special values for the parameter, the system bypasses the rules for 
name verification.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Kredlo
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:32 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: User spaces
> 
> I am just getting started with user spaces and need some clarification
> 
> The 2nd parameter,
> I was trying to find out what the valid " *NAME " entries for 'extended
> attributes' are when creating a user space and got myself totally confused
> by the API manual.
> 
> All the examples I have found for creating a user space show this
> parameter
> declared and initialized, but never filled with any value.
> 
> >From API manual:
> "Extended attribute
> INPUT; CHAR(10)
> The extended attribute of the user space. For example, an object type of
> *FILE has an extended attribute of PF (physical file), LF (logical file),
> DSPF (display file), SAVF (save file), and so on.
> 
> The extended attribute must be a valid *NAME. You can enter this parameter
> in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. The API converts it to uppercase."
> 
> Where can I find the 'valid *NAME' values, their purpose, and how they can
> be used?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Tim Kredlo
> 
> Start Info center/manual rant:
> How come when I search for *NAME, I get 'invalid search query'?
> When I search for "*NAME" I get all the 'NAME' finds, but not any "*NAME".
> When I search for "User space extended attributes" nothing is returned?
> If there was room to list some of the 'extended attributes for object type
> '*FILE', why wouldn't the options for object type '*USRSPC" be listed
> instead.
> If they are the same as for type *FILE, why doesn't it say so?
> If 'must be a valid *NAME'  just means that the field has to follow object
> naming conventions, why put '*FILE attributes info here?
> And why not just say 'the field name needs to follow valid object naming
> conventions'?
> How come the only IBM example of using QUSCRTUS I could find is written in
> Cobol?
> Why don't I get taken to the item/page of the index item I click on when I
> am viewing the API manual?
> Who decided that PDF was a good way to present web 'help'?
> Why isn't the item you click on in the search results brought up over the
> search results?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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