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bindu · Beginner Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 17 Topics: 7

Hello All,
I need to pass parameters to ISPF through my Rexx program ..How can we do it ?
Regards,
Bindu

kolusu · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:01 pm Post subject:

bindu,

Can you elaborate as to what you are trying to do ,so that we can come up with a solution? Do you want to modify any logon settings or increase the region size??

kolusu

bindu · Beginner Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 17 Topics: 7

Hello Kolusu,
The problem is that i have to write a Rexx program which accepts user input and pass these parameters to ISPF edit macro to do a find and replace.The string to be found and replaced are accepted as the input ..
I wish to know how the rexx program can pass parameters to edit macro and how the macro can accept it
Regards
Bindu

kolusu · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject:

Bindu,

You can do it with a VPUT in your REXX routine and a VGET in the edit macro.check the link below for passing parameters to an edit macro

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ISPZEM00/2.2.3.6?DT=20001109114810

Hope this helps...

cheers

kolusu

ofer71 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:31 am Post subject:

Hi

You allways can use PUSH and PULL.

Another way is to save the parameters as dataset, and read them later.

In my opinion, the VPUT & VGET way is the easiest and safest way.
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Dibakar · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 2:06 am Post subject:

Bindu,

In case you want to replace some big strings I guess you will have to use pull command to get the strings, though this will probably make the macro less fun to use. Following macro, not tested, should work in this case -

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 2:27 am Post subject:

Bindu,
Maybe this would help?

Dibakar · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:54 am Post subject:

Cogito,

This can be done without any macro as "c old new". I guess Bindu's problem is in replacing long string, when the content wont fit command line.

Diba.

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 4:01 am Post subject:

Dibakar,
Of course. That is what I felt, while I was posting. But, I did not want to guess. Probably, she would clarify.
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bindu · Beginner Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 17 Topics: 7

I was able to run the macro .. thanks for all the help