RE: Using STRPCCMD with & in file name

[Jerry Adams <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I created a general purpose document handler program that looks like this:

              PGM        PARM(&DOC)                           
              DCL        VAR(&DOC) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)       
                                                              
              MONMSG     MSGID(IWS4032) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(END))
              STRPCO                                          
              MONMSG     MSGID(IWS4010)                       
                                                              
                                                              
              STRPCCMD   PCCMD(&DOC) PAUSE(*NO)               
                                                              
 END:         ENDPGM                                          

An example of a program that uses the handler is:

PGM                                                              
DCL        VAR(&DOC) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)                        
                                                                 
CHGVAR     VAR(&DOC) +                                           
  VALUE('S:\IT_AS400\Documentation\Procedures\EOD_Printer.doc')  
CALL       PGM(DOCHANDLER) PARM(&DOC)                            
                                                                 
ENDPGM                                                           


Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Allen
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:59 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Using STRPCCMD with & in file name

Scott,

Thanks, I will try that.
Do you know if ShellExec runs any faster or slower then STRPCCMD?

Thanks again

John

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:49 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Using STRPCCMD with & in file name

Try invoking it via ShellExec.  Something like this should work:

CHGVAR VAR(&CMD) +
VALUE('rundll32 shell32,ShellExec_RunDLL +
       "\\192.168.2.60\ACCT\P&L 10-16-2009.PDF"' )
STRPCCMD PCCMD(&CMD) PAUSE(*NO)


John Allen wrote:
> We have been using STRPCCMD to display PDF files in the IFS. Works great.
>
> Just had a user create a PDF file that contained an & in the PDF file name
> (P&L statement.PDF)
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> When using STRPCPCM to display this file we get an error. It appears the
> STRPCCMD is stopping at the & character
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> STRPCCMD PCCMD('"\\192.168.2.60\ACCT\P&L 10-16-2009.PDF"') PAUSE(*NO)  
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> Generates an error:
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> 'L' is not recognized as an internal or external command
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> If I rename the file by changing the P&L to PNL everything works fine
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> I tried enclosing the & in quotes and that did not help
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> Any ideas?
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> Thanks
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> John
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