Re: Conditional command prompting in CL programs at execution time -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Conditional command prompting in CL programs at execution time
From: Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:48:50 -0400
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Jorge wrote:

I remember there was a way to introduce a conditional prompting in a CL
program using
the "?" - Question mark,

Does anyone remember where exactly in the Command/CL manual this
information is documented?
I have not been able to find it.

Wow, what a trivia challenge that was! They key word is 'selective prompting.' 'Conditional prompting' refers to a command prompt override. Anyway, https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/index.jsp?topic=/rbam6/secpr.htm should get you directly there. The path is

Programming
Control Language
CL Programming
Prompting for user input at run time
Using selective prompting

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