Re: Command Help

[Tim Bronski <tim.bronski@xxxxxxxxx>]

            PARM       KWD(OUTREQ) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4) RSTD(*YES) +
                         DFT(*YES) VALUES(*YES *NO) MAX(1) +
                         PROMPT('Outfile Required')

            PARM       KWD(OUTFILE) TYPE(FILLIB) MIN(0) MAX(1) +
                         PMTCTL(CRTPF) PROMPT('Output File name')

FILLIB:     QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) MIN(1)
            QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*LIBL) +
                         SPCVAL((*LIBL)) PROMPT('Library')
            QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*FIRST) +
                         SPCVAL((*FIRST)) PROMPT('Member')
            QUAL       TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4) RSTD(*YES) DFT(*YES) +
                         VALUES(*YES *NO) PROMPT('Replace')

CRTPF:      PMTCTL     CTL(OUTREQ) COND((*EQ '*YES'))

On 4/22/2015 12:03 AM, Jon Paris wrote:
> Hopefully I’ll get this right this time!
>
> I don’t do commands very often and haven’t really worked with them for about 20 years so I’m rusty as heck.
>
> Here’s what I want.
>
> Outfile required . . . . . . . .   *YES                 *YES, *NO
> Output file  . . . . . . . . . .   *GEN______           Name, *GEN
>    Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     __________         Name
>    Member . . . . . . . . . . . .     __________         Name, *FILE, *DATE
>    Replace physical file  . . . . .   *NO_              *YES, *NO
>
> Only if *YES is specified to the first parm do I want the others to appear. I can condition them via a defined Type but then it does not appear to allow me to specify default values for the individual components such as Member and Replace.
>
> Only if I specify them as individual parms can I get the defaults accepted.
>
> Is what I want possible?  Seems like it should be.
>
> In a related question - how do I control which parms appear in the initial prompted screen.  It seems that the minute I have a parm related to a PMTCTL it does not appear unless I press F9 and then I get everything.
>
> Can anyone provide a little WD40 to loosen up my aged brain?
>   
>            
> Jon Paris
>
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