How to invoke file-aid using an Edit macro?

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 52 Location: chennai

Hi,
I want to invoke File-aid utility from an edit macro. Is there any way to do that ?

expat · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject:

What have you tried so far, and what were the results

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject:

Hello,

It will probably help if you describe what you intend to accomplish. . .

How might your edit macro interact with File-aid?

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 52 Location: chennai

here is my requirement ...... A cobol program contains many copybooks. when i want to see the layout of a copybook inside a cobol program ......the macro should display the copybook like we see in FILA - 8 (view option) ....... so the macro should invoke File-Aid and display the layout of the copybook ......
I can able to invoke the file-aid View panel using the command ...... Address Tso "%F8" ..... it displays the panel ..... but i want to see the copybook layout ...... that i couldnt achieve till now ......

jkri · New User Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 14 Location: pune

Below JCL gives you the copybook expanded in a file. Try using this in your rexx macro.

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 52 Location: chennai

Is there any way other than invoking a JCL ....... becoz i have the copybook name and path from what i parse in the cobol program ...... and as i already have the tso command to invoke file-aid ..... i think there should be way to display the copybook from there itself ......

enrico-sorichetti

maridawson · New User Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 52 Location: chennai

Ok enrico ..... i will see what i can do ...... thanks for the reply