Re: User state UNDEL2 utility available

Hi Vern,

I wasn't aware of this API.  Thanks.

It may be that XML will be IBM's new standard for APIs going forward.  I
hear that some XML parsing will be directly supported in ILE RPG soon.


Keith





vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> At V5R1 there is the QCDRCMDD API, which should have no problems with system 
> state, as it comes from IBM:
> 
> ========================
> The Retrieve Command Definition (QCDRCMDD) API retrieves the command 
> definition source for a given command in XML tag language format. The source 
> is returned in the destination provided in UTF-8 (CCSID 1208). See the 
> Document Type Definition (DTD) in /QIBM/XML/DTD/QcdCLCmd.dtd for details of 
> the XML tag language returned by this API.
> ========================
> 
> At V5R1 it did not return information about hidden parameters (defined with 
> CONSTANT). At V5R3 a second format for the return variable was added that 
> gives you everything.
> 
> There is a style sheet at IT Jungle - you could search there - that is a 
> start at giving you the true command. It has a couple errors and is missing 
> several things, but it is a start. The DTD is located at 
> /QIBM/XML/DTD/QcdCLCmd.dtd. No need for MI anything here.
> 
> This API returns current defaults (CHGCMDDFT results), not the originals as 
> set by IBM or a vendor.
> 
> HTH
> Vern
>