Re: Easier DSPS36 or CHGS36?

[John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

Thanks for the responses! It was more than I was expecting.

I am intrigued by the "as far as DSPS36 and CHGS36... I have published
solutions for topics that do not have a proper IBM i (SQL) Service". I
took a quick look at the link you provided (which I had already
bookmarked previously) and could not find anything S/36-related. So
I'm wondering if I just missed it, or if it's published elsewhere.

In any event, DSPS36 fortunately does have an OUTPUT(*PRINT) option,
so that's relatively easy to scrape. As for programmatically changing
settings, I'd have to see if those "published solutions" have anything
applicable. Left to my own devices, I'd probably resort to writing
fancy macros for the ACS 5250 emulator session. (It remains to be seen
whether *any* automation of CHGS36 is worth it, given how infrequently
I imagine (and hope!) this kind of thing is needed.)

John Y.


On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 10:20 AM Rob Berendt
<robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In a discussion about this exact topic with an IBMer I got a reply that:
> "Hi Rob... I have been publishing SQL solutions at a fierce pace here:
> http://ibm.biz/Db2foriSQLTutor ... as far as DSPS36 and CHGS36... I have
> published solutions for topics that do not have a proper IBM i (SQL)
> Service"
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 8:45 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I believe this information is stored in
> > Object      Type      Library
> > QS36ENV     *S36      #LIBRARY
> >
> > So it's going to take some sort of API.  I would be the only way to get
> > this via SQL is to roll your own (providing you can even find the API) or
> > see if Bob Cozzi has one.  I know a few people who would pull their hair
> > out if IBM created new sql services for S/36 environment.
> > If you cannot find an API you could try job tracing, etc to see what calls
> > happen while you are in there.
> > Or you could open a case and see if there are any APIs.
> > I did not find any at:
> > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=interfaces-apis-by-category
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 5:55 PM John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way (preferably via SQL) to programmatically get the
> > > information that is available using DSPS36, or to make changes
> > > programmatically instead of using CHGS36?
> > >
> > > In particular, I am interested in an easier way to remap the device IDs.
> > >
> > > John Y.