RE: Prompt Override Program example using date & time?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That behavior comes from specifying MIN(1) on the PARM. That makes it a 
required parameter, and if you've not provided a value, the system will ask 
you for it.

Vern

At 02:50 PM 10/25/2004, you wrote:
> But there are some commands that, if you were to just type in the command
> without any parameters and you press Enter, it would prompt the command
> anyway.  I.e., type in just CRTLIB on the command line, and press Enter.
> The CRTLIB command is prompted.  I see this same type of behavior desirable
> in my command.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Douglas Handy
> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:28 PM
> <snip>
> >
> > PS - A common misconception is that a POP will supply a default value
> > for a command.  The truth is that a POP is only called when a command
> > is prompted.  If you run a command without prompting, the POP is never
> > called and thus cannot supply values for any keywords.  So don't make
> > the command processing program reliant on always having an explicit
> > value -- you still may want a default such as *SAME for CHGxxx type
> > commands or something like *TODAY for a date keyword on other
> > commands.
>
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