Re: RTVSYSVAL not allowed in an AJS job results in a CPD0031 - Command RTVSYSVAL not allowed in this setting.

This is very interesting. I just wrote a simple program (below) and used
the SBMJOB command to CALL TESTRTV. The joblog did not show any errors,
and
the job completed normally. I don't know anything about anything,
especially the Advanced Job Scheduler, but this RTV command did not blow
off
because of the job queue.

But, then, I have probably missed something in thi discussion. So, please
excuse me.

PGM
DCL VAR(&TIME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(8)
RTVSYSVAL SYSVAL(QTIME) RTNVAR(&TIME)
ENDPGM


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Subject: Re: RTVSYSVAL not allowed in an AJS job results in a CPD0031 -
Command RTVSYSVAL not allowed in this setting.

On 8/10/19 6:42 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

I need to retrieve the current system time in an AJS job, saving in an
AJS variable. RTVSYSVAL results in a CPD0031 - Command RTVSYSVAL not
allowed in this setting. Why are some commands restricted?

RTVSYSVAL is only allowed to run in a CL program context because it
retrieves a value and assigns it to a passed in variable.

TBH, I'm not familiar with AJS... but if it runs commands in a batch
context
(which I'm assuming here), then the RTVSYSVAL command won't work because
it's not in a program.

Most of the RTV commands behave this way ... unless they are putting the
information into some external container (like RTVCLSRC puts the source
into
a source member).

david

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