Do not assume that normal defaults are in effect. I am an abnormal sort. This is not a normal XEDIT session. Items are being displayed in XEDIT and the viewer specifies the disposition of individual items by entries in the prefix area which has been set to NULLS by the profile.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: XEDIT Macro > > By default, the values in the prefix areas are the line numbers, no? > Or, if you'd ask the user to type various strings in the > prefix, then EXTRACT PENDING is the way to go > > 2009/3/18 Schuh, Richard <[email protected]>: > > Does it really matter to you? > > > > When a specific PFK is pressed, I want to process according to the > > values in the prefix areas of all lines in the file. > > > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:48 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: XEDIT Macro > > > > Schuh, Richard wrote: > > > > Is there any way to access the prefix area of a line from an XEDIT > > Macro? I see nothing in the EXTRACT command. Am I missing something > > there? Is there some other way to access it? > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > > > That begs a question: What do you want to do with the prefix area > > that you can't do with an Xedit command? > > > > -- > > Rich Smrcina > > Phone: 414-491-6001 > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina > > > > Catch the WAVV! > > http://www.wavv.org > > WAVV 2009 - Orlando, FL - May 15-19, 2009 > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support >
