Re: Find number of parms for a CL or passall

[Mark Lazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

David,

>Does anyone know of a way to determine the actual number, and the type,   
>of parmameters for a program?  Specificly an IBM program?

>I'm trying to write a frontend for RUNQRY, but have not been able to get   
>the number, and type, of the parmameters correct.

 There is no easy way for an OPM pgm (if you don't have the documentation
for the object.  I'm not sure about ILE.) The number of parms can be
determined w/ an MI pgm, though.

>Another option would be to have the program simply pass ALL parameters   
>from the running program to a called program (QSYS/QQUDA).  I know I   
>could do this on the S/36 with the *ALL parameter... but haven't found   
>anything on the '400 that's similar.

 What exactly are you trying to do that you can't do via the command ( and
possibly QCMDEXC ) ?

 -mark

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