Re: Rép. : CALL an Unspecified Program Without a Command Line

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Burns, Bryan wrote:
> How does that question mark work?  When I compiled the CLP,
> it blew up with:
>
> * CPD0782 40  Prompt character not allowed for command CALL.
> <<SNIP>>

  The compiler wants to make the CALL command an instruction-level 
invocation [compile-time], rather than a command-level invocation 
[run-time].  Try passing the request as a string instead, to make the 
call indirect\dynamic rather than compiled directly.  Try the following, 
which is effectively what a menu would be doing:
  CALL QSYS/QCMDEXC PARM('?CALL', 5)
  MONMSG /* of "canceled prompt" & pbby CPF9999 w/ resignal */

  Another option is to make the prompted call request interpreted using 
REXX.  Having a source member with the single line of text "?CALL" and 
then that REXX invoked by the user with STRREXPRC.

Regards, Chuck