Re: User command help -- MIDRANGE-L

I use commands often to call RPG programs during testing as I find this the easiest way to get the parameters right.

I also like to create commands rather than an RPG screen when there only a few parameters and not a lot of validation is required. These are usually utility programs for use by IT. The advantage to this is I can call the command in a loop whereas it's harder when an RPG screen is involved.

Rob

On 10/5/2017 12:36 PM, Roger Harman wrote:

So glad to see others using commands. It's a great and, I think, very underutilized feature.
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 6:31 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: User command help
Thanks Glenn, I fixed the error you mentioned and finally came up with
this which is exactly what I was trying to accomplish.

              PARM       KWD(STRRCV ) TYPE(Q4) MIN(0) +
                         PROMPT('Starting Receiver..')

.

.

.

Q4:         QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) SPCVAL((*CURRENT)) +
                           EXPR(*YES) DFT(*CURRENT)
              QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*LIBL) +
                         SPCVAL((*LIBL) (*CURLIB)) EXPR(*YES) +
                         PROMPT('Library')

Thanks,

Rob

On 10/5/2017 8:27 AM, Glenn Gundermann wrote:

Hi Rob,

Looks like you have the default value specified twice. Remove it from the
QUAL statement, i.e.
   Q4: QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) MIN(1) EXPR(*YES)

Yours truly,

Glenn Gundermann
Email: glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx
Work: (905) 486-1162 x 239
Cell: (416) 317-3144

On 5 October 2017 at 08:09, Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

     Hi All,

     I'm trying to create a user command

                  CMD        PROMPT('Display Journal Extract')
                  PARM       KWD(JRNFILE) TYPE(Q1) MIN(1) +
                             PROMPT('Journaled File')
                  PARM       KWD(EXTFILE) TYPE(Q2) MIN(1) +
                             PROMPT('Extract to File')
                  PARM       KWD(JOURNL ) TYPE(Q3) MIN(1) +
                             PROMPT('Journal')
                  PARM       KWD(STRRCV ) TYPE(Q4) MIN(1) +
                             DFT(*CURRENT) +
                             PROMPT('Starting Receiver..')

             Q1: QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) MIN(1)
                  QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*LIBL) +
                             SPCVAL((*LIBL) (*CURLIB)) EXPR(*YES) +
                             PROMPT('Library')
             Q2: QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) MIN(1)
                  QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*CURLIB) +
                             SPCVAL((*LIBL) (*CURLIB)) EXPR(*YES) +
                             PROMPT('Library')
             Q3: QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) MIN(1)
                  QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*LIBL) +
                             SPCVAL((*LIBL) (*CURLIB)) EXPR(*YES) +
                             PROMPT('Library')
             Q4: QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*CURRENT) +
                             SPCVAL((*CURRENT)) EXPR(*YES)
                  QUAL       TYPE(*NAME) LEN(10) DFT(*LIBL) +
                             SPCVAL((*LIBL) (*CURLIB)) EXPR(*YES) +
                             PROMPT('Library')

     The problem I'm having is specifying or rather displaying the value
     *CURRENT in Q4.

     I'm thinking I want it similar to member - *FIRST in the CPYF command

                                    Copy File (CPYF)

     Type choices, press Enter.

     From file . . . . . . . . . . . Name
       Library . . . . . . . . . . .     *LIBL       Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
     To file . . . . . . . . . . . .                 Name, *PRINT
       Library . . . . . . . . . . .     *LIBL       Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB
     From member . . . . . . . . . .   *FIRST        Name, generic*, *FIRST,
     *ALL
     To member or label . . . . . . .   *FIRST        Name, *FIRST, *FROMMBR,
     *ALL
     Replace or add records . . . . .   *NONE         *NONE, *ADD,
*REPLACE...
     Create file . . . . . . . . . .   *NO           *NO, *YES
     Print format . . . . . . . . . .   *CHAR         *CHAR, *HEX

     Actually, I'm thinking maybe I can't do this with QUAL.or TYPE(*NAME).

     Does anyone know how to do it or is it even possible?

     Thanks,

     Rob
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