Re: PMTCTL question

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

sjl wrote:
> IMO, IBM's documentation is severely lacking when it comes to
> Command creation.  I have created a command  (see source below)
> that will be used to update the Date and Software Protection Code
> in the QJDF data area.
>
> When prompting the command, and if ACTION is changed to *UPDATE,
> it displays the EXPDATE and BOMBCODE parms.
>
> Question: Is it possible to make EXPDATE and BOMBCODE mandatory
> if they are being displayed?
>
> <<SNIP source>>

  The prompt control (PMTCTL) established the visibility based on 
some condition.  Now add a dependency (DEP) statement for each of 
those /mandatory/ parameters, enforced for the same condition, to 
effect an error when its parameter value is the default; e.g. DEP 
CTL(&ACTION *EQ 1) PARM(&EXPDATE) ...

  IIRC the only worthwhile documentation was in the CL Programmers Gd.

Regards, Chuck