Calling an external function

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5 total messages Started by Michael West Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00

#5020

Author: Michael West
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00

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I don't have a lot of rexx experience but I have the need to create a 
"wrapper" around a program I've written.
 
In the exec, I call my program like this, (no parameters here):
call 'MYPGM'

Then I get the following message:
CEE3193I The invocation command parameter string contained an unmatched quote 
character.

This seems to be an information message since the program does execute 
successfully, but I'd still like to know what the problem is.
 
Can anyone help me out, also exactly how do you pass parameters to an external 
program. I'm afraid the IBM manual on CD-ROM isn't any help at all (no 
examples).


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Michael West - Experian Advanced Technology Products (mike.west@experian.com)
"Man will always find a difficult means to perform a simple task"
                                                   - Rube Goldberg

Re: Calling an external function

#5021

Author: maui
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 00:00

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Michael West wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me out, also exactly how do you pass parameters to an external
> program. I'm afraid the IBM manual on CD-ROM isn't any help at all (no
> examples).

Have you ever looked at IBM's Procedure Language 2/REXX User's Guide?

Re: Calling an external function

#5022

Author: Binyamin Dissen
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00

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On 8 Apr 1997 22:55:53 GMT mike.west@experian.com (Michael West) wrote:

[Posted and mailed]

:>I don't have a lot of rexx experience but I have the need to create a 
:>"wrapper" around a program I've written.

:>In the exec, I call my program like this, (no parameters here):
:>call 'MYPGM'

:>Then I get the following message:
:>CEE3193I The invocation command parameter string contained an unmatched quote 
:>character.

:>This seems to be an information message since the program does execute 
:>successfully, but I'd still like to know what the problem is.

It is because your client program (MYPGM) is not receiving an O/S Plist
(r1->Word->h'len',c'text') but is instead pointing to an EFPL (External
Function Parameter List). Luckily the first word of the EFPL points to
something that didn't S0C4 you. 
 
:>Can anyone help me out, also exactly how do you pass parameters to an external 
:>program. I'm afraid the IBM manual on CD-ROM isn't any help at all (no 
:>examples).

You can 

     ADDRESS TSO "CALL (MYPGM) 'parms'"

which is like CLIST or use ADDRESS LINKMVS

:>Michael West 

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Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@netvision.net.il>

Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Calling an external function

#5023

Author: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00

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Also sprach maui@ipad.estd.wvu.edu (<334BEECF.1360@ipad.estd.wvu.edu>):
+-----
| Michael West wrote:
| > Can anyone help me out, also exactly how do you pass parameters to an external
| > program. I'm afraid the IBM manual on CD-ROM isn't any help at all (no
| > examples).
| Have you ever looked at IBM's Procedure Language 2/REXX User's Guide?
+--->8

Hello, McFly...?   Even I, with minimal mainframe experience (a little
VM/CMS), could tell he's working with MVS, *not* OS/2.  REXX predates OS/2
by quite a bit.

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Re: Calling an external function

#5024

Author: J. Turincs
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00

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Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> 
> Also sprach maui@ipad.estd.wvu.edu (<334BEECF.1360@ipad.estd.wvu.edu>):
> +-----
> | Michael West wrote:
> | > Can anyone help me out, also exactly how do you pass parameters to an external
> | > program. I'm afraid the IBM manual on CD-ROM isn't any help at all (no
> | > examples).
> | Have you ever looked at IBM's Procedure Language 2/REXX User's Guide?
> +--->8
> 
> Hello, McFly...?   Even I, with minimal mainframe experience (a little
> VM/CMS), could tell he's working with MVS, *not* OS/2.  REXX predates OS/2
> by quite a bit.
> 
> --
> brandon s. allbery                ahead warp four!         bsa@kf8nh.apk.net
> director, information services      [Team OS/2]             bsa@telotech.com
> acci internet technologies          FORZA CREW!                 bsa@acci.com
> cleveland, ohio                mr/2 ice's rfc guru :-)

To the original author...
Look at the ADDRESS LINK instruction in the REXX/MVS User's Guide

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| J. Turincs - Database and Operating systems
|              Mainframes and PCs
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