Not sure exactly what you mean. Do you want an edit macro that is sensitive to
the contents of the cursor line? I JUST did that. If so, you will need:
You want the following so you don't crash on errors:
Call Addr_ISP "CONTROL ERRORS RETURN" /* So errors are not fatal */
You need the following or you can't read the screen (and look up what else you
need if you will be passing arguments):
Address ISREDIT "MACRO"
Then, to read the line where the cursor is, you need
Call Addr_ISP "ISREDIT (MYLINE, MYCOL) = CURSOR"
Call Addr_ISP "ISREDIT (USRLINE) = LINE &MYLINE"
Call Addr_ISP "VPUT (USRLINE)"
Call Addr_ISP "VGET (USRLINE)"
The line with the cursor on it is now in Rexx variable USRLINE.
Here is the suboutine referenced above:
Addr_ISP:
req = Arg(1)
Address ISPEXEC req
RetCd = RC
If RetCd <> 0 Then Do
/* error processing of your choice */
HTH,
Charles
On Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:52:49 -0500, Steve Beaver <[email protected]> wrote:
>I want to write a REXX that I can execute from the Command Line while
>editing a dataset and put the
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>Cursor on the item I want to edit.
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>Has anyone done that before?
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>Kind of like doing a QW
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>TIA
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>Steve
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