Re: User state UNDEL2 utility available

[vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Yeah, V5R4 rumor mill has it that XML will be in there - of course, will it be 
over-engineered to non-usability? We shall see.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx> 

> Hi Vern, 
> 
> I wasn't aware of this API. Thanks. 
> 
> It may be that XML will be IBM's new standard for APIs going forward. I 
> hear that some XML parsing will be directly supported in ILE RPG soon. 
> 
> 
> Keith 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> > At V5R1 there is the QCDRCMDD API, which should have no problems with 
> > system 
> state, as it comes from IBM: 
> > 
> > ======================== 
> > The Retrieve Command Definition (QCDRCMDD) API retrieves the command 
> definition source for a given command in XML tag language format. The source 
> is 
> returned in the destination provided in UTF-8 (CCSID 1208). See the Document 
> Type Definition (DTD) in /QIBM/XML/DTD/QcdCLCmd.dtd for details of the XML 
> tag 
> language returned by this API. 
> > ======================== 
> > 
> > At V5R1 it did not return information about hidden parameters (defined with 
> CONSTANT). At V5R3 a second format for the return variable was added that 
> gives 
> you everything. 
> > 
> > There is a style sheet at IT Jungle - you could search there - that is a 
> > start 
> at giving you the true command. It has a couple errors and is missing several 
> things, but it is a start. The DTD is located at /QIBM/XML/DTD/QcdCLCmd.dtd. 
> No 
> need for MI anything here. 
> > 
> > This API returns current defaults (CHGCMDDFT results), not the originals as 
> set by IBM or a vendor. 
> > 
> > HTH 
> > Vern 
> > 
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