Re: Seeking inspiration ...

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

 If the submitted job doesn't require the contents of the "owner's" 
LDA, you can do a save/restore of the LDA and the submitted job uses 
the new values:

In PGMA:
- Save the current LDA values.
- Populate the LDA with the new "parms."
- SBMJOB PGMB.
- Restore the current LDA values in PGMA.

In PGMB:
- Access the LDA for its parms.

 I hope this helps...

 -mark


At 7/29/2012 08:08 PM, you wrote:
> I have a series of programs that need to be able to share some basic 
> information.
>
> Solution must have similar characteristics to the LDA in as much as 
> it must be available to any batch job submitted from code running in 
> interactive or web mode,
>
> BUT there are some limitations:
>
> 1) Adding additional parameter(s) is not an option
>
> 2) Using the LDA is not an option (other software thinks it "owns" it)
>
> 3) Does not involve the use of a file if at all possible.
>
> Everything I have thought of so far falls apart somewhere along the 
> path - so I'm hoping someone else here has dealt with a similar 
> issue and can stop me from going round in circles with this one.
>
>
> Jon Paris
>
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