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Martin Han
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Hi,
I am looking for a way to get a line when cursor is placed on any ISPF Panel. I tired to code an ISPF Edit Marco. I'm using the following code in REXX.
"ISREDIT (CURRLINE) = LINE .ZCSR".
But it appears that the ISPF Edit Marco can not support ISPF Panel. Because, it is working well when the cursor is placed on the dataset in View/Edit mode. But nothng will be returned when the cursor is placed on the ISPF Panel. I would like to know whether there is another way to get the line from ISPF Panel ? |
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prino
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| Which PHB gave you this requirement???? |
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Nic Clouston
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| An EDIT macro is an EDIT macro and can only be used in EDIT. There may be some ISPF panel variables that hold the current cursor position which you could then use to find which field in the panel your cursor is in then read the variable associated with that field. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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an <edit> macro supporting panels would not be an <edit> macro any longer...
it would be a <panel> <macro>  |
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Martin Han
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Thanks Prino & Nic..
The requirement raised from business side.. they probably have no much technical knowledge when considering the requirement. but we do not need to care about this too much..
I also checked the Dialog Developer’s Guide and Reference to find the ISPF Panel variables that hold the current cursor/line. but nothing found for valuable information.
Much appreciate if you can provide some samples or some link for related manual. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| but we do not need to care about this too much.. |
You should, how are You going to defend yourself from stupid requirements like this one ?
here is the link to the mother of all IBM manuals
www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/index.html
You are free to waste Your time on an impossible requirement,
do not expect we waste our on it,
remember, answering is
on voluntary basis
our own time
interest of the topic
well, the requirement puts the topic pretty low in the answering list |
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Robert Sample
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| The requirement raised from business side.. they probably have no much technical knowledge when considering the requirement. but we do not need to care about this too much.. |
This is, quite possibly, the single worst statement I have ever read on this forum. If YOU don't need to care too much about the technical requirements, who does? As a professional IT person, part of YOUR responsibility is to explain when requirements are given that cannot be implemented or would cost too much to implement. If you don't do that, you are not doing your job.
I recommend we lock this topic since it is obvious that there's no need to care about it any longer. |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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I recommend we lock this topic since it is obvious that there's no need to care about it any longer.
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It does serve the purpose of being
a good example
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Martin Han
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Sorry for
I’ve got the answer for my question. 'it is very hard/ impossible to be implemented"
I have discussed the requirement with business side again. And SORRY for I caused the misunderstanding for the communication. I just afraid to cuase more confusion if I specify more business requrement. I agree with you I should consider whether the requirement can be implemented or not.
Thanks alot. |
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Martin Han
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Hi,
I found some valuable information in IBM manuals that the system variables, ZSCREENI,ZSCREENC, can captured the current screen and cursor. I'm using the following code and it is working fine to get the information from ISPF Panel.
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Address ISPEXEC
'VGET (ZSCREENI,ZSCREENC,ZENVIR)'
SQLCODE = Substr(ZSCREENI,ZSCREENC+1,3) |
Thanks a lot |
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dick scherrer
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Good to hear it is working for you - thank you for letting us know 
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