SBMJOB’s RQSDTA Parameter

December 11, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Ted:

In the “Odds and Ends” column that published in Midrange Guru on November 8, 2002, you wrote about appending an extra character to the end-of-character parameters that are longer than 32 characters in order to pass them through the Submit Job (SBMJOB) command without running into the problem of garbage data replacing trailing blanks. There is another alternative.

The alternative choice is to use the Request Data (RQSDTA) parameter instead of the Command (CMD) parameter.

These two simple example CL programs show the difference:

TstSbmPgm:  pgm

 dcl   &cmdstr   *char  64  value( 'sndmsg hi MyMsgQ' )
 dcl   

Subfile Positioning

December 11, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, Ted:

I have several RPG IV programs that display a subfile in a work-with-like display. Users enter option numbers in the option field that begins each subfile record. When a user selects a subfile record, the system usually displays another display format in order to handle the request. When the subfile is redisplayed, the first page of the subfile is shown. How can I position the subfile to the page that contains the selected subfile record?

— Patrick

You need to add the Subfile Record Number (SFLRCDNBR) keyword to your display files. Use this keyword with a four-digit, hidden,

Readers Prefer ISDB

December 11, 2002 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Dear Readers:

In the article, “Use the Full-Screen Debugger with OPM Programs,” which published in the November 6, 2002, edition of Midrange Guru, I asked for your reasons why you prefer ISDB to the full-screen ILE debugger. Several of you responded.

Here are the reasons some Midrange Guru readers prefer ISDB, in order of preference.

Most readers liked the fact that ISBD allows you to watch the value of one or more variables as you step through the source code. The variables’ values are shown at the top of the display. STRDBG requires you to continually press