Re: Switches

James

First just to clarify my switch, Its declared as a char string of 8 and set to 
a value of '00000000' which means off.
What does the name of the program have to do with anything (no I'm not calling 
a CL Program I just got a little
finger happy when I was typing?  We have our own naming conventions here and It 
shouldn't matter to you what
those program names are.  I posted this in hope of finding out how the switch 
controlled my program.  Due to some
other nice programmers that were willing to help, I got my answer, instead of 
them telling me what a stupid question
that was, that is what this forum is all about.  I never worked with switches 
before and I didn't know that it used
U1 -8 indicators in the program.  That answered my question. Next time try to 
understand that this is a forum
where people could ask for answers, even if they are dumb questions. Some of us 
started out using RPGIII
and just don't get some things that we find in 10 year old programs.  I only 
ask that you have a little more work
ethic when people ask a question. Some of us haven't been programming for ten 
or twenty years or however
long you've been programming.  Lets please keep this forum clean so no one (no 
matter how stupid it may seem
to you) won't be afraid to ask a question and get replies like this one.

Thanks
Troy C. Dills



                                                                                
                                      
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Troy,

Stupid question:  Does program MSG7AECL use ... wait a minute, at first I was 
going to ask if your RPG program used the Ux
indicators to test switches, but since this program name ends with "CL" I have 
to think that it is a CL program.  So here is my
-real- stupid question: Does MSG7AECL perform a RTVJOBA to determine the switch 
settings?

OK, I get it that the program starts with "MSG" and must be a message type of 
program, but what the heck is "7AE"? Version 7
American English?  I can understand that, but why, oh why, have it end with 
"CL"?  What if you changed the function into a different
language?  Do you really want to revisit each and every program that uses this 
just to change the program name to "MSG7AEJV"?  What
is wrong with "MSG7AE"?

Troy.C.Dills@blum.com wrote:

> Hello all
>
> Could someone please help me understand how the switch is controlling the 
>program it is submitting, I understand the
> flipping of the switches to make them true or false (that is my case anyway). 
> I have a display screen that has a simple
> yes or no question. If it is yes then it is true otherwise it is false. I 
>re-wrote the CL without using the switch and using the
> value of &WSALL as shown below, but that has blew up in my face. Could some 
>please help me with understanding
> the switch used in submitting the program; how it controls my program? Any 
>information would be greatly appreciated
>
>  IF         COND(&WSALL = 'Y') THEN(DO)
>  CHGVAR     VAR(&SWITCH) VALUE('10000000')
>  ENDDO
>
> SBMJOB     CMD(CALL PGM(*LIBL/MSG7AECL) PARM(&CPER +
>                        &VPER &INCAID &USER)) JOB(XFER2STC) +
>                        SWS(&SWITCH)
>

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