Calling PL/I

[rexxhead]

I want to call a PL/I program from a REXX routine, but I want to avoid specifying the load library name. The library is NOT in the LINKLIST.

I tried using TSOLIB without much success: specifying "*" for the DSN appears to work only for modules in the LINKLIST. Not specifying any DSN resulted in some very weird-looking parameter strings.

Anyway, I seem to have gone brain-dead on this. Hopefully it's just the result of a long weekend...


Frank Clarke
Tampa Area REXX Programmers' Alliance
REXX Language Assn Listmaster

 

[wb4alm]

why?

(You know hoe to find me...)

 

[rexxhead]

Big Bad Bill! Good to see your fingerprints again ;-)

I have a program in my own library that I want to call everytime someone exercises one of my tools. I pass it userid and toolname; the program opens a VSAM KSDS and does a READ-KEY; bump the counter; WRITE-KEY; close. A few tools are executed from READY-mode; most are executed from within ISPF; some will work anywhere. I want one solution for all of them. Right now I have this kludgy chunk of code that asks "TSO-or-ISPF?" and adjusts its behavior accordingly. It offends my tender sensibilities.

Frank Clarke
Tampa Area REXX Programmers' Alliance
REXX Language Assn Listmaster

 

[Tzu]

Hello Rexxhead,

Can not you just change the logon proc and add your library ?

Regards,

Tzu

 

[rexxhead]

I can't think of any scenario in which an installation would change a logon proc to accommodate a user load library. In this case there are at least six (6) distinct procs serving six distinct user communities that would all have to be changed.

Frank Clarke
Tampa Area REXX Programmers' Alliance
REXX Language Assn Listmaster