Re: Command Defaults... Are they stored anywhere?

Yep - RTVCMDSRC uses the QCDRCMDI API - just downloaded it, to see what's there - and that API does present only current values. But there are ways to get original values, as I and others have offered here.

RTVCMDSRC does look interesting in other ways - something about retrieving values based on MSGDs, I think. So more to study!

Cheers
Vern

On 6/27/2022 6:20 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:

I think RTVCMDSRC would show the new defaults. Not the shipped defaults.

Rob Berendt
-- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 1600 Mail to: 7310 Innovation Blvd, Suite 104 Ft. Wayne, IN 46818 Ship to: 7310 Innovation Blvd, Dock 9C Ft. Wayne, IN 46818 http://www.dekko.com -----Original Message----- From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Brad Stone Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2022 6:34 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Command Defaults... Are they stored anywhere? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. The original defaults can be found in the command source.. which isn't always available. The new defaults.. well, it would be nice if they were just stored in a table... library/command/paramter --> original default, current default, maybe even available options? It's just one of those things that my customers have to remember to do when they update their software is to check that they also reset the defaults to what they had before. That's the main reason behind my asking. On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 5:17 PM Vern Hamberg via MIDRANGE-L < midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Javier

The interesting part of Brad's question, for me, is, what are the
original defaults? The original defaults are not stored in the command
object. If the help text comes from a UIM panel group, you can get that,
unless the person who created the command, such as you or I might do,
unless that person also changes the help text. IBM does not change help
text when you change a default.

I'm interested in what the original defaults are, in order to know what
it used to be - for the commands from IBM that have been changed where I
work.

Cheers
Vern