Re: Calling S/36 OCL procedures from api SYSTEM or QCMDEXC

[Daniel Gross <daniel@xxxxxxxx>]

There should be a STRS36PRC command, which starts an OCL script on IBM i - it should work even if the /36 environment is not running. 

- https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=ssw_ibm_i_75/cl/strs36prc.html

HTH
Daniel


> Am 29.01.2026 um 15:57 schrieb konsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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> I have a client that runs most of their applications in the S/36
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> This means that on their regular manus each menu item runs a OCL/36 script.
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> They also have more and more funktions that are in IBM i  native functions.
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> I am now trying to install a dynamic menu system that uses either
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> This works fine for calling programs or using system commands. However it
> does not work at all for calling the S/36 OCL scripts.
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> Does anyone know of a work around?
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> Both "system" and "qcmdexc" api-s assume that the name of the OCL/36 script
> is a command object. Unfortunately.
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