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vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

Hi,

I am written a REXX tool which will open a PS file in view mode containing a JCL. The user can make all the changes in the JCL and submits the Job.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:14 am Post subject:

what commands in your REXX tool follow the 'VIEW' command in your post?
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vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

Please find the code below.
If the option entered by the user V it comes this IF condition

vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

As the job is submitted by the user you need to provide the jobname and jobid details to the rexx program so that it will place them in the PS file for debugging later.

Dibakar · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

Santlou · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject:

As an alternative, why don't you use a skeleton file and use ISPF File Tailoring to edit the JCL. This way, you can keep the JCL in the skeleton library and substitute the required Jobcard info dynamically.

vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

The complete error message which displayed when I entered the PF1 key is:

Only ISPF system commands may be entered on this panel.

I know the alternative of using skels for this, but I want to know why it is not working in view.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

When you say 'press CANCEL and ENTER' do you mean tyoe CANCEL and press ENTER? If not then it is probably objecting to the CANCEL key - unless that is an FKey that has CANCEL assigned to it. But you would not need the ENTER key if it was an Fkey.
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vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

I am facing the same issue when I am using PF3 and Enter also.

vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

When I type RETP I found only the valid command entered, But I am not sure why this error is coming to me.

warp5 · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:00 am Post subject:

Why don't you just put a "trace r" statement before the view and then a "trace o" after the parse and observe where the problem is occuring?

vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

Hi Warp5,

I need to first come out of view mode to see what is problem is with rexx. I even tried with all the traces but they are only useful when you come back from view mode back to the rexx program. The problem here is, I am not able to come back to rexx program from jcl opened in the view mode.

Thanks
--Vijay

warp5 · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:55 am Post subject:

When you are in view mode and make any changes to the job being viewed you can only leave after entering cancel and then PF3 or PF3 and then Enter. This is the way view works.

Dibakar · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:09 am Post subject:

warp5,

I think Vijay knows that he has to cancel it, it seems he is getting problem with cancel command.

Diba

jim haire · Beginner Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 140 Topics: 40

When I am in view mode within a file and make a change, I could then submit a job.

However, View is not like Edit where you need to enter "cancel" so the changes don't take place. I believe you could code an ADDRESS ISREDIT followed by an "END" command (essentially a PF3) after you have left the dataset you are viewing.