On Fri, 25 May 2012 07:44:31 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >I know that I can run the TSO TMP in batch. Using this, I can run a REXX >program which sets up all the ISPF required datasets. I can then invoke >ISPSTART with the CMD(...) option to run another program/CLIST/REXX. In that >program, I can use most of the non-DISPLAY oriented services, such as DIRLIST >or DSINFO. The TSO book on IKJTSOEV only talks about ISPF in the negative, but >mentions display services. So, can I write a batch program which uses IKJTSOEV >to set up a TSO environment. Once I have a TSO environment set, can I directly >invoke ISPF services? > >What I would like to do is to have some simple way in a batch program to >invoke ISPF services such as DSINFO without the "hokeyness" of running the TSO >TMP. And also without invoking ISPSTART and telling it to run a separate >program/CLIST/REXX routine. But I don't think it's possible. Frustrates me no >end. > I would say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Except it is broke. Syntactic restrictions of the CMD(...) option prohibit my passing certain PARM strings to my program/CLIST/REXX routine that I could readily specify if I invoked it directly from the command line. Bummer.
(This might be more on-charter for ISPF-L.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
