Re: Creating Commands

At the bottom of the command, put prompt control commands like this:

PASSTHRU:   PMTCTL     CTL(FUNCTION) COND((*EQ P)) NBRTRUE(*EQ 1)

This means that any parms conditioned with the PASSTHRU prompt control will
be shown if the value of FUNCTION is P

Here's an example of a parm:

PARM       KWD(OPTION) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1) RSTD(*YES)
             VALUES('S' 'R') PROMPT('Option: S=Send,
             R=Receive') PMTCTL(PASSTHRU)

HTH

Art Tostaine, Jr.

On 12/17/05, Shannon ODonnell <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ah... amazing how once you ask someone a question the answer pops out at
> you.
>
> I just discovered the PMTCTL(*PMTRQS) parameter.  Which hides the extra
> parms until the users presses the F10 function key. Woo-hoo!
>
> I'm still trying to figure out how to trigger a set of parms showing up
> based on a certain value entered in another parm.  If anyone has an idea
> on
> that one, I'd appreciate suggestions.
>
> Or, I guess if you wait long enough to answer, I'll probably figure it out
> myself in the meantime. :-)
>
> TIA
>
> Shannon O'Donnell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon ODonnell
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 1:08 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Creating Commands
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> One of the features of OS/400 commands that I really like is how a
> command,
> like CPYTOIMPF for example, only displays part of the command parameters
> until you press F9 (All Parameters).    Another cool feature is a command
> like DSPOBJD.  When you enter *OUTFILE in the Output parameter and press
> the
> Enter key, you are automatically prompted to enter an OUTFILE name and
> library. If you don't enter *OUTFILE in the OUTPUT parameter, you never
> see
> those additional parms.
>
>
>
>
>
> Is there a way to duplicate this functionality in user created commands?
> I've been playing around with it a little bit today and so far have not
> figured out the right combination of parameters on the PARM keyword in my
> command source.
>
>
>
> Can anyone tell me how this functionality is achieved?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Shannon O'Donnell
>
>
>
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