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kbmkris

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:35 pm
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hi,

I want to allocate a dataset say 'xxx.yyy.zzz' to ISPPLIB using LIBDEF in COBOL. I know how to call it in rexx.
Code:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC "LIBDEF ISPPLIB DATASET ID('XXX.YYY.ZZZ') UNCOND"

The purpose of this program is i have to call the panels in my program. The panels are residing in a dataset and i want to allocate that to ISPPLIB.
Can anyone please tell me how to do that using ISPLINK with an example?

Thanks,
Bala
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:06 pm
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It's all in the fine manual, including examples.

By the way, why not using CALL ISPEXEC?
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kbmkris

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:09 pm
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First of all thanks. I don't know than we can use ISPEXEC for the same purpose:-( I saw some existing programs where ISPLINK is used to display the panels. but there is no program that uses LIBDEF

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Bala
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kbmkris

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:13 pm
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hi,

I tried this piece of code and got a return code of 20. Please find the code below and correct if i did anything wrong.

Code:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.                       
PROGRAM-ID. PANELTST.                           
                                               
DATA DIVISION.                                 
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.                       
01 ISP-VAR.                                     
   05 ISP-OPTION    PIC X(8) VALUE 'LIBDEF  '. 
   05 ISP-PANEL     PIC X(8) VALUE 'ISPPLIB '. 
   05 ISP-DSN       PIC X(8) VALUE 'DATASET '. 
   05 ISP-DNAME     PIC X(40) VALUE             
       "FIRST.ALL.PANELLIB".           
   05 ISP-COND      PIC X(8) VALUE 'UNCOND  '. 

PROCEDURE DIVISION.                             
    CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ISP-VAR.               
    DISPLAY 'RETURN CODE ' RETURN-CODE.         
    IF RETURN-CODE = 0 THEN                     
       DISPLAY 'CALL SUCCESS'                   
    ELSE                                       
       DISPLAY 'CALL FAILED'                   
    END-IF.                                     
    STOP RUN.                                   
    EXIT.                                       


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Bala
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:31 am
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Display ZERRSM & ZERRLM after the command, or use Dialog Trace (option 7 in my main menu). Another option is to use ISPVCALL to see the exact message.

CALL ISPEXEC is described in the link I provided above.

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kbmkris

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:05 am
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Hi,

I don't how to use the ZERRSM & ZERRLM. I went through the document and tried. But i am not able to get that. Also, I have never used the dialog Trace. Please help me in doing this.

Code:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.                                 
PROGRAM-ID. PANELTST.                                     
                                                         
DATA DIVISION.                                           
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.                                 
01 ISP-VAR.                                               
   05 ISP-OPTION    PIC X(8) VALUE 'LIBDEF  '.           
   05 ISP-PANEL     PIC X(8) VALUE 'ISPPLIB '.           
   05 ISP-DSN       PIC X(8) VALUE 'DATASET '.           
   05 ISP-DNAME     PIC X(40) VALUE                       
       "('K4CCBK1.IIRS.CAF.PARMLIB')".                   
   05 ISP-COND      PIC X(8) VALUE 'UNCOND  '.           
PROCEDURE DIVISION.                                       
    DISPLAY ISP-DNAME.                                   
    CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ISP-VAR.   
    DISPLAY 'RETURN CODE ' RETURN-CODE.                               
    MOVE 'VGET    ' TO ISP-OPTION.                       
    MOVE 'ZERRLM' TO ISP-PANEL.                           
    MOVE 'SHARED ' TO ISP-DSN.                           
    CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ISP-OPTION ISP-PANEL ISP-DSN.   
    DISPLAY 'RETURN CODE ' RETURN-CODE.                   
    IF RETURN-CODE = 0 THEN                               
       DISPLAY 'CALL SUCCESS'                             
    ELSE                                                 
       DISPLAY 'CALL FAILED'                             
    END-IF.                                               
    STOP RUN.                                             


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Bala
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:46 am
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Dialog Test options are fully explained in the fine manual.

ZERRSM & ZERRLM are ISPF Dialog Variables that contain a value when your dialog service ends with an RC of 8 or higher.

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kbmkris

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:45 pm
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Hi,

Do we have to use any library in the JCL to run the program that using ISPLINK?

Below is my JCL

Code:

//RUNJCL1# JOB 00000,'PTST',MSGCLASS=6,CLASS=6
//*   
//JOBLIB   DD DSN=TST.MYCOBOL.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR       
//*                                                       
//S05A     EXEC PGM=PANELTST                               
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                     
//*                                                       


Below is the contents of the program PANELTST

Code:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID PANELTST

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01  ISPLINK-FIELDS.                                         
    05  ISP-OPTION           PIC X(8)   VALUE 'VDEFINE'.   
    05  ISP-NAME             PIC X(10)  VALUE '(DIST)'.     
     05  ISP-FORMAT           PIC X(6)   VALUE 'CHAR'.       
    05  ISP-LENGTH           PIC S9(9)  COMP  VALUE +10.   
   
01  WS-ZERRLM                PIC X(512).                   
                                                           
PROCEDURE DIVISION.                                         
    DISPLAY PANAUDIT.                                       
A00-MAIN.                                                   
    MOVE SPACES TO WS-ZERRLM.                               
    MOVE '(ZERRLM)' TO ISP-NAME.                           
    MOVE +512 TO ISP-LENGTH.                                 
    CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ISP-OPTION ISP-NAME               
               WS-ZERRLM                                   
               ISP-FORMAT ISP-LENGTH.                       
    DISPLAY 'RETURN-CODE : ' RETURN-CODE.                   


Whatever I tried with ISPLINK, the Return-code I am getting is 20. Please help me.

Thanks,
Bala
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:40 pm
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If you have LIBDEF in your code, and if the compile was clean, you don't need additional libraries in your job.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:21 pm
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Hi,

My actual requirement is below.

There is an existing COBOL program which uses panel. Now a small change is being implemented in the code. I actually don't know how this program is being executed. I heard that there will be no JCL for this. I want to simulate this program and run and verify the changes I made. I copied the panels to my dataset. Now the problem is I want to concatenated the ISPPLIB to my dataset (I dont want to fuss with production panel). But I am not able to do that. I'm getting severe error (RC=20). In the above code I'm just mapping a variable to a dialog variable.

Could you provide me some piece of code with LIBDEF? How to use the ZERRLM in our COBOL? Whether we have to vdefine it or anything?

Thanks,
Bala
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:29 pm
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If the program contains panel display, then it probably going to be executed in foreground (although panels can be displayed in background, too).

Simply enter the TSO command CALL with your program name, or use the Dialog TEST screen (7.1 in my main menu).

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:07 pm
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Hi,

Very thanks. Using TSO CALL I am able to run that program:-)

Thanks,
Bala.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:15 pm
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Hi,

One more doubt. If I am running my COBOL program using TSO CALL statement, then where i can see my job logs. I normally check the job logs in SDSF while running in batch.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:25 pm
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Why do you expect to see a job output when you run a foreground program??? icon_confused.gif

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:13 pm
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hi,

Sorry. I was confused. We can see the display message then and there right. Thanks for your timely help.

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Bala
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