Well, you are almost there, Paul. You seem to have the hang of this. What
do you need, someone to write it for you?

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 1:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
> .
> I need some clarification on using the ISPF VGET Service in an Assembler
> Program, the examples I've found were not much help.
> .
> .
> I have a CLIST which issues a VPUT for three Fields
> Name, City,  STATE. These variable are placed on the SHARED POOL.
> The CLIST then invokes an Assembler Program which should issue a VGET
> for the three variables and write them to a VSAM dataset.
> .
> In the examples I found I never see the Variables for the VGET defined
> in the program.
> .
> I suspect I need to first issue a VDEFINE, with a Name List, Variable
> list, Format List and Length List  prior to issuing the VGET.
> .
> THE VGET SERVICE only identifies a name-list like
> NAME-LIST EQU *
>           DC  A(3)
>           DC  A(0)
>           DC  CL8'NAME '
>           DC  CL8'CITY '
>           DC  CL8'STATE'
> .
> Do I need to issue a VDEFINE first  for the Variables specified in the
> VGET. Would someone please clarify ....
> .
> .
> Paul
> .
> .
>
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