On 4 Jan 2008 11:46:00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: >Yes. I know of some programs which move the PARM into their own, >predefined, storage. Said storage is DC CL100. And they don't check that >the input is <=100 characters. Poor planning, but none-the-less. > >I also like my "environment variable" idea because I'm lazy. I can fetch >the contents of an environment variable by name and not need to parse >the PARM looking for it.
I'm lazy too - I've never come across a program that took the above shortcut, so I wouldn't see the downside of taking the easiest solution. The "environment variable" concept has its plusses though - it is more of the modern XML way of doing things. Using it to its potential will be a big change. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
