Re: Command programming

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Peter

True, but it still lets a user type decimal points - the good thing is, it does not matter, because the number passed in does not have the decimals - it is still only a *DEC (3 0)

I'd never tried putting decimal points into a number I knew was going to be an integer - interesting!

Vern
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Hi Dan, 
>
> 1) For v5r2 try chapter 9 of 
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c4157215.pdf 
>
> 2) PARM KWD(TEST) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(3 0) RANGE(001 999) should 
> do what you want. 
>
> *Peter Dow* / 
> Dow Software Services, Inc. 
> 909 793-9050 
> pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / 
>
> Dan wrote: 
> > Question 1: I am trying to find the IBM reference manual for command 
> > programming on InfoCenter (V5R3). I didn't find the PDF for it, so I 
> > searched for "choice program" see if that would point me to it. The search 
> > takes me to the "Qualifier Definition (QUAL)" page, but this isn't what I'm 
> > looking for, and I was hoping that I'd get a link that would take me to the 
> > table of contents for the manual but I am unable to navigate to it. 
> > Frustrating! 
> >
> > Since I can't figure out Question 1: 
> > Question 2: I want to define a parameter on a command as a 3-digit integer, 
> > with a range of 001 - 999. If I define it as TYPE(*DEC), the definition 
> > allows non-integer decimals (i.e., 9.123, 147.9, etc.). I tried the integer 
> > types *INT2/4 & *UINT2/4, but those don't play nice with the LENgth value of 
> > 3. I would like to avoid having to write a command validation program. 
> > Ideas? 
> >
> > TIA, 
> > Dan 
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