Pardon my ignorance. What does IKJPARS have to do with EXECIO DISKW? Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 10:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS? in fact, IKJPARS weakens EXECIO. In CMS Rexx, I can simply say: EXECIO 1 DISKW file-spec (string It's a string! ... (any expression). IKJPARS would prohibit this. I suspect this was a deciding factor in not providing TSO Rexx EXECIO a STRING option and requiring instead the cumbersome: X.1 = 'It''s a string!' 'EXECIO 1 DISKW file-spec (stem X.' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN