On Fri, 29 May 2009 14:43:25 -0400, Kurt Quackenbush wrote:
>
>Just provides FMID and DESCRIPTION? Nope, nothing that simple exists.
>What fun would that be?  You could of course write a program (a "real"
>program, not REXX) that uses GIMAPI to read the zone and extract exactly
>this info, but I dare say its not for the faint of heart.
>
Grrr.  (Bristling at the aura of condescension.)  It's an
unconscionable oversight that SMP/E elected to design GIMAPI
in a Rexx-hostile style.  For an example of how an API
can be designed to be Rexx-friendly, study the API to ICSF;
example in SAMPLIB.

-- gil

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