For ISPF services, the default action is to exit on errors. You can use the
ISPF CONTROL service "CONTROL ERRORS RETURN" to override that
default.
Bill
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:03:20 -0500, Arthur T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 06:50:22 -0800 (PST), in
>bit.listserv.ibm-main
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm fairly new to Rexx, so please give helpful advice and
>>not "Aren't
>>you stupid" responses.
>
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>>I've had a couple of instances now where I want to be able
>>to use a
>>command/function which I know may fail, but prevent the
>>Rexx from
>>failing. I've scoured documentation and can only find the
>>SIGNAL
>>statement & OUTTRAP function, neither of which seem to
>>work, unless
>>I've missed the point.
>
> Surprisingly (especially to newcomers) you may have
>to use SIGNAL ON SYNTAX rather than ON ERROR for many
>errors. I have not checked whether that is so for the
>below; I strongly expect it is for your latter
>example. You haven't said what SIGNAL statements you
>tried. OUTTRAP is *not* what you want for this.
>
> Here's the rest of your original post for those who
>read the Listserv:
>
>>Here are two examples:-
>>
>>1. ISPEXEC "BROWSE "DSN
>>This fails when you try browsing an empty dataset (even
>>though the
>>documentation I've read says it responds with RC
>>12). I've ended up
>>doing a LISTDSI and checking SYSUSED > 0 to prevent this
>>problem - but
>>I would still like to TRAP an error rather than
>>pre-empting one.
>>
>>2. valDate = DATE('E',StartDate,'E')
>>I want to validate a user-supplied date is in the correct
>>format
>>without the rexx failing if it's invalid.
>>
>>In this latter case there are a few suggestions in the
>>thread
>>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main/browse_thread/thread/8882f674b0380a99/ecbae95979efa2c7?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=rexx+DATE+trap+OR+SIGNAL+OR+OUTTRAP#ecbae95979efa2c7
>>but they mainly involve reinventing the wheel instead of
>>using the
>>standard, flexible & powerful DATE builtin.
>>
>>Any suggestions appreciated,
>>
>>Regards,
>>Clark.
>
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