For a simple way to update any ispf command table dynamically check out the ISPFCMDS tool on my website.
It is on the ISPF tools page at http://www.lbdsoftware.com/ispftools.html This from the short users guide: ISPFCMDS is a utility ISPF command that eases the task of adding installation or user commands to an active ISPF command table. This can eliminaate the requirement to customize the IBM provided ISPCMDS command table or to create elaborate Site or User ISPF command tables. Syntax The syntax for calling ISPFCMDS is: %ISPFCMDS table verb truncation action Where: table is USER to add the command to the User ISPF Command table SITE to add the command to the Site ISPF Command table ISPF to add the command to the ISPCMDS ISPF Command table note that this option is not recommended * to add the command to one of the following tables in this order: 1) USER 2) SITE 3) the active Application command table if there is one 4) ISPCMDS verb is the name of the command to add to the table. This must be from 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters. truncation is the number of characters which the command can be abbreviated or 0 to indicate no abbreviation is allowed. action is a valid ISPF Select command Notes: 1. If the requested command already exists in the table then the command will be replaced. 2. Syntax and error messages will be generated as appropriate. 3. This command must be executed under ISPF. 4. Some installations will define in the ISPF configuration a User command table prefix but not create a User command table. It is recommended that a User command table be created with zero or a limited number of entries and placed in the same library as the Site command table as that will allow this tool to dynamically update the User table. Sample usage: /* rexx */ /* set a short alias of DD for DDLIST/ISRDDN */ "%ispfcmds user dd 0 alias ddlist" /* assumes that Lionel Dyck's Fastpath command has been installed in your SYSEXEC or SYSPROC library concatenation */ "%ispfcmds user fastpath 0 select cmd(%fastpath)" /* assumes that Doug Nadel's TASID has been installed into a STEPLIB or your Linklist */ "%ispfcmds user tasid 2 select cmd(tasid)" /* assumes that the IBM supplied ISRBPDF and ISREPDF have been copied as BPDF and EPDF into your SYSEXEC or SYSPROC library concatenation */ "%ispfcmds user br 0 select cmd(%bpdf &zparm)" "%ispfcmds user ed 0 select cmd(%epdf &zparm)" Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering KP-IT Enterprise Engineering 925-926-5332 (8-473-5332) | E-Mail: lionel.b.d...@kp.org AIM: lbdyck | Yahoo IM: lbdyck Kaiser Service Credo: "Our cause is health. Our passion is service. We?re here to make lives better.? ?Never attribute to malice what can be caused by miscommunication.? NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
