I know that I can run the TSO TMP in batch. Using this, I can run a REXX program which sets up all the ISPF required datasets. I can then invoke ISPSTART with the CMD(...) option to run another program/CLIST/REXX. In that program, I can use most of the non-DISPLAY oriented services, such as DIRLIST or DSINFO. The TSO book on IKJTSOEV only talks about ISPF in the negative, but mentions display services. So, can I write a batch program which uses IKJTSOEV to set up a TSO environment. Once I have a TSO environment set, can I directly invoke ISPF services?
What I would like to do is to have some simple way in a batch program to invoke ISPF services such as DSINFO without the "hokeyness" of running the TSO TMP. And also without invoking ISPSTART and telling it to run a separate program/CLIST/REXX routine. But I don't think it's possible. Frustrates me no end. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
