Re: imbedded CL in RPG

["Eric N. Wilson" <doulos1@xxxxxxxx>]

The preferred method would be to call the QWCRTVCA API which is detailed in
the work management apis book.

Of course if you are looking for a way to handle calling Any command via
QcmdExec with parameters flying around as reference I think you would not be
pleased as QcmdExec requires a string (that is key here) therefore you can
not pass pointers to your variables. Otherwise the only way I know of of
doing what you want is pretty bad. One clearly painful way of doing that
would be to find the command processing program for the command, then figure
out what the real order and type of the parameters (quite painful indeed). I
had to do this on a number of occassions (one being getting the users
password and slamming password changes to a second machine so that our Mimix
environment would keep in sync back in the V2R3 days).

It would be nice if RPG/V had an interface to the command prompter/interface
internally :-) Hint Hint nudge nudge

Thanks
Eric
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Eric N. Wilson
President
Doulos Software & Computer Services
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Tacoma WA 98407


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Berendt <rob@dekko.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: imbedded CL in RPG


> No, you have to roll your own.
>
> And they never did get back to me as to whether or not the following will
> be supported, or is doable:
>
> C    Eval   JobUser = *blanks
> C    CALLP  Runcmd(RTVJOBA USER(&JobUser) )
> C    DSPLY  JobUser
>
>
>
>
>
> dbale@genfast.com on 08/09/99 12:57:06 PM
> Please respond to RPG400-L@midrange.com@Internet
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>
> Hans, Bob, et al:
>
> >>C    CALLP  Runcmd('OVRPRTF QPRINT OUTQ(' + variablename + ')')<<
>
> Uh, is this Runcmd procedure available to us already, in the compiler?  Or
do we
> have to build this ourselves?  I scanned for Runcmd in the softcopy but
came up
> with zilch.  We're at V4R2.
>
> - Dan Bale
>
>
>
>
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