RE: Ok here is a challenge

["Doug Palme" <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That is the challenge, he is not giving the answer.


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:05 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Ok here is a challenge

Doug - my question to you would be
Why not ask this RPG programmer how he does it.
Now I'm interested how this is done.
Post his response

Thanks in advance



Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx

rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 03/07/2007 09:58:05 AM:

> I am aware of that, but he specifically said that is not what he is
> referring to, he is saying that it can all be done from within the
command
> itself and not require another program.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Gary_Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:57 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: Ok here is a challenge
>
> Doug,
>
> Check out the VLDCKR (validity checking program) parm on the CRTCMD
> command. This allows you to specify further validation programs before
the
> main control program is called. More information can be found in the CL
> Programming guide. SC41-5721
>
> Gary Jones
>
> Latham International
> 787 Watervliet-Shaker Rd.
> Latham, NY 12110
> gary_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (518) 951-1037
>
>
>
> "Douglas Palme" <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 03/07/2007 09:48 AM
> Please respond to
> RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> To
> "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc
>
> Subject
> Ok here is a challenge
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I received this from one of our RPG gurus and I thought I would present
it
> to the midrange group and see what ya'll thought:
>
>
>
> There is a way to completely control the input from a command and
validate
> it before the program is actually called. There is also a way to present
> the
> actual valid parameters without hard-coding anything. As an example you
> could have a command that takes a division number and if you do not enter

> a
> division that exists in the DIVISION file it will not accept the value.
> This
> is true for anything you want to validate, a date, time, printer,
> username,
> etc. Most programmer shy away from writing powerful commands as they do
> not
> understand them.
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyone?
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