I would think that REXX would be able to use the PARSE command and separate the PARM contents into the different variable in probably one statement. Then you could create the SYSIN cards easily using the variables you received.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Ashton Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 2:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Convert a Parm into a control card To John and others - thanks for your reply. I was trying to stay away from writing code because his users are in different locations and might not have access to the load module. Rexx is a possibility to run instream, but I think the Sort option is less to maintain and hopefully less to go wrong. I will play with the Rexx to see if that is an option for our needs once I get the Sort to work - can't have too many tools! B On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Bill Ashton <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Kolusu... we would want to use > // SET PFILE=MY.DATASET.NAME > // SET TXTYP=1 > // SET ACCT=001455 > // SET RUN=TRIAL > > and the input to create from this is > //SYSIN DD * > USER xxxxxxx (don't worry about this - it is pre-set) > PROCESS MY.DATASET.NAME (Process starts in 1, PFILE starts in 10) > TRANS 1-001455 (Trans starts in 1, TXTYP is in 10, "-" in 11, > ACCT in 12-17) > RUNTYPE TRIAL (Runtype starts in 1, RUN is in 10) > . . . > /* > > The parm will be something like PARM='&PFILE/&TXTYP/&ACCT/&RUN' with "/" > between vars to eliminate the absolute length needed for PFile - > unless that is easier for you. I know that "/" is a safe character for our > input. > > I appreciate your help, Kolusu - this sounds like just what he wants. > > Billy > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Sri h Kolusu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bill, >> >> DFSORT has the ability of reading the SET parms and generate an >> Output file. So show your SET statements and your required control >> cards for your program/utility, I will show you a way to do it >> >> Thanks, >> Kolusu >> DFSORT Development >> IBM Corporation >> >> >> >> From: Bill Ashton <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: 02/02/2016 11:58 AM >> Subject: Convert a Parm into a control card >> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Hello friends! >> I have a teammate working on a z/OS 1.12 system and is trying to make >> a proc fairly foolproof for his user. He wants to know the easiest >> way to convert a SET statement or JCL Parm into a control card. >> >> This proc needs a DSN and a couple other values as part of a SYSIN >> for the program, and since we can't use symbolics in pre-z/OS 2.1, I >> would like a way using standard IBM utilities to take a PARM symbolic >> and create an output file that I can use as input to the program. The >> parm input would only be one line, and not longer than 50 chars. >> >> Does anyone have any good ideas? Sort? Gener? >> >> Thank you and best regards, >> *Billy Ashton* >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO >> IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO >> IBM-MAIN >> > > > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > -- Thank you and best regards, *Billy Ashton* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
