Re: Command Prompter API

How about something like this?

      /title Prompt command and return command string
     P svv041_chk      b                   export

     D svv041_chk      pi             7
     D  qp_cmd_str                 2000

     D  q_cmd_str      s           2000

     D qcapcmd         pr                  extpgm('QCAPCMD')
     D   qp_cmd_str                2000                               
         Command string
     D   qp_len                      10i 0 const                      
         Command string lengt
     D   qp_ocb                            like(q_opt_ctl_blk)        
         Options control bloc
     D   qp_ocb_len                  10i 0 const                      
         Control block length
     D   qp_format                    8    const                      
         Format ID
     D   qp_new_str                2000                               
         Generated command st
     D   qp_chg_len_i                10i 0                            
         Size of receiver fie
     D   qp_chg_len_o                10i 0                            
         Bytes returned
     D   qp_err_ds                         like(q_err_ds)             
         Error data structure

     D q_opt_ctl_blk   ds
     D  q_cmd_type                   10i 0                            
         Type of processing
     D  q_DBCS_data                   1    inz('0')                   
         DBCS translation
     D  q_prompter                    1                               
         "Always prompt"
     D  q_syntax                      1    inz('0')                   
         "library/object"
     D  q_msgkey                      4    inz(*blanks)               
         Message key
     D  q_reserved                    9    inz(*loval)                
         Must be hexadecimal

     D q_err_ds        ds
     D  q_err_bp                     10i 0 inz(%size(q_err_ds))
     D  q_err_ba                     10i 0 inz
     D  q_err_msgid                   7    inz
     D  q_err_resv                    1    inz
     D  q_err_data                  200    inz

     D q_chg_str       s           2000    inz
     D q_chg_str_len   s             10i 0 inz(%size(q_chg_str))
     D q_chg_len_out   s             10i 0 inz

      /free

       q_cmd_str   = qp_cmd_str;
       q_cmd_type  = 9;                                         //Type
of processing
       q_prompter  = '1';                                       //Always prompt

       callp    qcapcmd(
                        q_cmd_str:                              //Command string
                        %len(%trimr(q_cmd_str)):               
//Command string length
                        q_opt_ctl_blk:                         
//Option control block
                        %len(q_opt_ctl_blk):                   
//Length of option control block
                        'CPOP0100':                             //Output format
                        q_chg_str:                             
//Output command string
                        q_chg_str_len:                         
//Output command string size
                        q_chg_len_out:                         
//Output command string provided
                        q_err_ds);                             
//Error data structure

       if q_err_msgid = '';
       qp_cmd_str = q_chg_str;
       return '';
       else;
       return q_err_msgid;
       endif;

      /end-free

     P                 e

I tried to include a GOTO just for old times' sake but couldn't figure
out where.

-reeve


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:46:45 -0500, Tom Smith <tss_inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am writing a scheduler system which executes CL commands. Is there an API
> or such what would allow me to prompt and fill in the command parms, and it
> would return the resulting string back to me. Much line SEU uses.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
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