Re: REXX on AS/400- Can you call formatted screens

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

According to the REXX Reference,

> When a REXX program is running in interactive mode, all terminal input and 
> output
> is displayed by the ILE Session Manager. The ILE Session Manager is a system
> facility that provides line mode access to the display for output and the 
> keyboard for
> input. This line mode operation is fixed and cannot be changed by the use of
> display files.

You could always get prompts from a DSPF in RPG, say, then send the values 
to the variable pool for REXX, then STRREXPRC. Or have commands that use a 
REXX procedure as the command-processing program. Once in the REXX 
environment, things are pretty quick - it can read and write to PFs, too. 
But it's probably slower than an app using only RPG or COBOL. It IS often 
the best choice for various text-handling stuff, IMO.

HTH
Vern

At 05:27 PM 1/26/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> Is it possible to pass parameters via DSPF screens?  I'd like to build
> some applications using REXX on the 400 but line at a time entry is a
> "gating" problem; it is soooooo passe.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> Tucson Water