> How can I capture the system date/time in a variable through
> paragraph For e.g. if i need- To create a a record in como
> file with id include date and time of run
> Like: RUN.13203.7145.COMO
I love paragraphs (& despise procs, truth be told), but I do wish there
was slightly more functionality built into PAs.
Over the years I have written a few general utilities to extend
paragraphs a bit; for example, capturing info into a paragraph variable
(aka "inline prompt").
There is a basic function called ILPROMPT. It will load an inline
prompt.
So I created a verb, a catalogued basic program, that calls that
function according the command line instructions. For example, in the
paragraph:
IL.PROMPT.DEF <today> @DATE
will end up effectively doing:
DATA @DATE
DUM = ILPROMPT( '<<A,today>>' )
(with a few safeguards regarding HUSH, BREAK, & existing DATA)
So paragraph looks like:
ILPROMPT.DEF <today> @DATE
ILPROMPT.DEF <current time> @TIME
ILPROMPT.DEF <user no>> @USERNO
COMO ON <<C1,PA>>.<<today>>.<<current time>>.<<user no>>
(By the way, I also make it a habit of extracting the paragraph name
from the command line for use as como names, or in report headings,
etc..
For example:
* <<C1,PA>>
COMO ON <<PA>>. . .
SETPTR . . . AS <<PA>>. . .
LIST . . . HEADING "<<PA>>'G'Report Title . . . " . . .
)
Chuck Stevenson
P.S. My verb can also replicate the <<R(" "),...>> functionality,
populating the variable from an active or saved list.
For example, use SHOW to present a picklist for the user, then apply
user's choices to selection criteria:
SSELECT some.table.of.codes
SHOW some.table.of.codes DESCRIPTION _
HEADING "...Choose applicable codes:" _
TO 1
IF @SELECTED < 1 THEN GO EXIT
ILPROMPT.DEF <applicable codes> FROM 1 (" ")
SELECT file WITH CODE = "<<applicable codes>>" . . .
Which is a fancier, safer form of:
SELECT file WITH CODE = "<<R(" "),applicable codes>>" . . .
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