Built-In Function CHAROUT not working

hsk · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 69 Location: India

CALL CHAROUT,'SPECIFY "FROM" DATA SET : '
PARSE UPPER PULL FROMFILE

I am writing a simple rexx exec which will copy one file to another. For function CHAROUT, i am getting error 'Routine not found'.

If i use SAY, the cursor goes to next line. To allow user to enter filename on the same line, i am trying to use CHAROUT .......

Is this any syntax error or Is it installation dependant and my installation does not have these functions (none of the functions lines LINEIN, LINEOUT, CHARS .... are working) ...

Is there any other way to do this ??

superk · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:59 pm

According to IBM Stream I/O for TSO/E REXX those commands are part of a function package that has to be added into your existing TSO/E environment.

hsk · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 69 Location: India

Is there any work around ???

superk · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:12 pm

My suggestion, if you want to include dialog to and from the user, is to consider using ISPF panels and ISPF Dialogs to enhance your code.

hsk · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 69 Location: India

superk · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:18 pm

CLIST has the functions WRITE (write a line with a return) and WRITENR (write a line without a return). Maybe you could code the user interface portion in CLIST?

hsk · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 69 Location: India

Thanks .....
will try that !!!!