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

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Don Brown

Senior Consultant
 
[2]OneTeam IT Pty Ltd
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Subject: Calling S/36 OCL procedures from api SYSTEM or QCMDEXC

I have a client that runs most of their applications in the S/36
environment.

This means that on their regular manus each menu item runs a OCL/36
script.

They also have more and more funktions that are in IBM i native functions.

I am now trying to install a dynamic menu system that uses either
(selectable) the "system" or "qcmdexc" API-s to call functions based on
menu settings.

This works fine for calling programs or using system commands. However it
does not work at all for calling the S/36 OCL scripts.

Does anyone know of a work around?

Both "system" and "qcmdexc" api-s assume that the name of the OCL/36
script is a command object. Unfortunately.

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