I've been using this for ages, and in case you've never heard of it:
MACRO_MSG Set or Query the Macro Message switch
The MACRO_MSG assignment statement sets or retrieves the value of the
macro_msg switch, which controls whether macro processing delivers ISPF
messages to the macro.
Syntax
>>--ISREDIT--(varname)-- = --MACRO_MSG----------------------------------><
+-ON--+
>>--ISREDIT--MACRO_MSG-- = --+-----+------------------------------------><
+-OFF-+
varname The name of a variable containing the setting of MACRO_MSG.
ON ISPF messages generated by macro commands are formatted.
OFF ISPF messages are not formatted.
Description
The MACRO_MSG assignment statement sets a switch for subsequent macro
processing. When set ON, any message that is generated by a macro command
is formatted and made available in variables in ZEDILMSG, ZEDISMSG, and
ZEDMSGNO.
This is a diagnostic switch and should only be used to extract messages as
required. Macros that perform operations on many edit lines may experience
a performance degradation if this switch is ON.
Return codes
0 Normal completion
20 Severe error
I now wanted to use it to get at the message set by the "COMPARE" command, as
that just returns RC=0, no matter (differences or no differences) what, but in
this case all three above mentioned variables come back as 8-character blank
strings. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?
Replies please to IBM-MAIN only (I cross-posted this also to ISPF-L)
Robert
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Robert AH Prins
robert.ah.prins(a)gmail.com
The hitchhiking grandfather - https://prino.neocities.org/indez.html
Some REXX code for use on z/OS - https://prino.neocities.org/zOS/zOS-Tools.html
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