Calling a cmd with qualified file name in a CLP using variables

[Dave Murvin <davem@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am trying to call a command from a CL program and can not figure out how 
to get the qualified name to work using variables.  The reason I am going 
through a CLP is that I want to get a return value from the command and I 
want to use the prompting capabilitied of commands.  Here are some of the 
things I have tried so far:

Qualified file parm in the command looks like this:
 Your File . . . . . . . . . .   MyFile        Name
                                       MyLib       Name, *LIBL

PARMS to the CLP are &FileName  (10,A) &FileNameLib  (10,A) &ReturnCode (3,A)


CHGVAR     VAR(&QUALFILENAME) VALUE(&FILELIB *TCAT +
                          '/' *Cat &FILENAME)
?MYCMD    FILNAM(&QUALFILENAME)
produces 'FILELIB  FILENAME'  (with quotes) in the file portion of the 
qualified file name and CPD0078

?MYCMD    FILNAM('FILELIB/FILENAME')
produces 'FILELIB/FILENAME'  (with quotes) in the file portion of the 
qualified file name and CPD0078

?MYCMD    FILNAM('FILELIB   FILENAME   ')
produces 'FILELIB   FILENAME  '  (with quotes) in the file portion of the 
qualified file name and CPD0078

?MYCMD    FILNAM(MyFIle) +
works okay when I hard code the MyFIle in the CLP

?MYCMD    FILNAM(MyLib/MyFile)
works okay when I hard code the MyLilb/MyFIle in the CLP

When I try to do the above using variables, I can't get it to work.

CHGVAR     VAR(&QUALFILENAME) VALUE(&FILENAMELIB *CAT +
                          &FILENAME)
?MYCMD    FILNAM(&QUALFILENAME) +
 produces 'FILELIB  FILENAME   ' in the file portion of the qualified file 
name  and CPD0078

?MYCMD    FILNAM(&FILELIB *tcat '/' *cat  &FILENAME)
 will not compile with expression operator

CHGVAR     VAR(&QUALFILENAME) VALUE(&FILENAMELIB  *TCAT  '/' *CAT &FILENAME)
?MYCMD    FILNAM(&QUALFILENAME) +
produces 'FILENAMELIB/FILENAME'  (with quotes) in the file portion of the 
qualified file name  and CPD0078

I have tried passing the entire qualified file name to the CLP and I get 
the same as the above example.

I can't call the CMD with QCMDEXC because commands with return values can 
only be  called  from CLP or REXX programs.

Any ideas?

Thanks 



Dave Murvin
DRM Enterprises, Inc.