Re: Size of command in menus

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 06/27/2018
08:14:32 AM:

I need a longer menu command line in the menu system (STRSDA). I am

firing

off browser applications from the 5250 session and have difficulty in
getting to shorten the command.

An option would be to create a program for each menu options, but I

would

prefer not to as that is just more to maintain.

Is it possible to increase the length of the command line in the menu's
created using SDA?

It doesn't sound like you're talking about a command line at all.
It sounds like you're talking about the STRSDA screen where you are
prompted for the command to go with the menu selection. This information
gets stored in the QQ member (MNUCMD) associated with the menu and then
written as a msgid to a MSGF that is also associated with the menu.

I don't know about the screen that STRSDA gives you for entry
purposes, but I do know that the QQ member will support up to 159
characters for the command string. I know this because we don't use
STRSDA here. We use RDi, instead. So we have to use RSE to maintain the
QQ member separately. Thus, I wrote my own REXX command to be able to
"compile" the QQ member into a MSGF object.

Now, once upon a time, the STRPCCMD was limited to a 123-character
PC command string. But I believe this restriction has been lifted. So,
at the very least you can get 159 characters for the full menu command
string into the QQ member and the MSGF associated with the menu. If that
is not enough then you will have to make an RFE to IBM to get this
limitation increased. Before that, you can manually modify the MSGF after
it is created to see if that gives you what you want.


Sincerely,

Dave Clark