Re: Trying to Find API for ADDPFM

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Hopkins wrote:
> ... 
> I would love to use  ExtProc( 'system' ) instead of ExtPgm('QCMDEXC'). But to 
> the staff here
> QCMDEXC just looks familiar to them. It was hard enough to get them to let
> me 'prototype for a call'
> instead of calling QCMDEXC each time. One person was voting always CL. So
> as I weep for them and also wish for their early retirement, I'm stuck
> cause in the end right or wrong the CLIENT IS ALWAYS RIGHT. I can't force
> them to learn.
> 

Bill, I think using ExtPgm('QCMDEXC') with an (E) extender on the CALLP
is better than system() anyway, especially when debugging, but also when
something unexpected happens.  If a command done by system() ends in
error, all you can get is the message id without any replacement values,
since system() removes the exception message from the joblog.  But
system() doesn't do a complete cleanup - it only removes the last
message related to a command - if the command generated multiple
exceptions or diagnostics, those will still be in the joblog.  This
makes the joblog very confusing, since you have diagnostic messages but
no final exception message to explain them.