REXX tool which manipulates COBOL code

karthik.ilangovan · New User Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 27 Location: India

Hi,

I have desinged a REXX tool which manipulates COBOL code. It needs to be executed on an open COBOL program.

The tool works perfect when i open this module in View mode but does not while i go in Edit mode. The code that i have used is given below:
I am getting a return code of 28 for the Find Command. Kindly suggest me if i am missing some basic functionality in here.

Main program:
UNNUM = UNNUMMAC()
FNDPRNAM = FINDPROG()

The FINDPROG Routine:
ADDRESS ISREDIT
"F ALL '" || PROGID ||".' 8"

Please note that in the Macro Unnummac, i have an Address ISREDIT Macro statement. The Routine FINDPROG does not have such a statement.

Also, FINDPROG works fine when i put an ISREDIT macro statement and run it as a macro on any open cobol module.

Thanks,

karthik.ilangovan · New User Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 27 Location: India

Hi,

I have the following code now:

ADDRESS ISREDIT
SAY "THE RC IS 1: " RC
SIGNAL ON SYNTAX
"F ALL '" || PROGID ||".' 8"
SAY "THE RC IS 2: " RC
SAY " ERROR TEXT :" ERRORTEXT(RC)

The first say statements gives RC value as RC
The next say gives RC value as 28
The ERROR Text value is Invalid LEAVE or ITERATE.

Can anybody suggest what is wrong and how to debug ?

Thanks,