Thanks everyone for the input, and Mike for such a detailed example. On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Mike Walter <mike.wal...@hewitt.com>wrote:
> > XEDIT macros can be, and usually are nowadays, written in REXX. You might > want to think a bit more about the flow of what's happening. > > But to answer your question more directly, inside the XEDIT macro you are > calling from the EXEC you can execute a pipe to get the variables of the > calling exec. For example... > > /* your called XEDIT macro might contain... */ > address COMMAND , > 'PIPE (NAME GetCallerVars)' , > '| REXXVARS 1' , /* Access caller's vars */ > '| STRNFIND /s/' , /* Skip source name */ > '| SPECS W2-* 1' , /* Drop 'n' and 'v' prefix */ > '| JOIN 1 / /' , /* Var Name and Value into 1 */ > '| STRFIND /'xfn'./' , /* Just our xfn.xxxx vars */ > '| NOT CHOP BEFORE STRING /./' , /* Lop our "xfn", keep .xxx */ > , /* Load them as 'c.xxxx' so we can easily tell from our vars*/ > '| SPECS +~C+ 1' , /* Bld: /C */ > 'WORD 1 NEXT' , /* /C.name */ > '+~+ NEXT' , /* /C.name/ */ > 'WORD 2-* NEXT' , /* /C.name/value */ > '| STRIP TRAILING' , > '| VARLOAD DIRECT' /* Restore caller's vars in here */ > > Now all the calling exec's variables are available in the XEDIT macro, > prefixed by "c." For example, if the calling exec was named FORMARK EXEC, > and began with: > address 'COMMAND' > parse source xos xct xfn xft xfm xcmd xenvir . > ... > and the called XEDIT macro was named $FORMARK, and began with that, too... > > In the called XEDIT macro, xfn xft xfm would be $FORMARK XEDIT fm, while > c.xfn c.xft and c.xfm would be FORMARK EXEC fm. > > If the calling exec has lots of variables you may want to trim down the > number that you feed into the VARLOAD stage. > > Mike Walter > Hewitt Associates > The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. > > > > *"Mark Pace" <pacemainl...@gmail.com>* > > Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > 07/29/2010 09:28 AM > Please respond to > "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > To > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > cc > Subject > Re: rexx stem > > > > > well I've created a stem in REXX. I want to call XEDIT to present a menu > using the data from that stem. > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM, zMan > <*zedgarhoo...@gmail.com*<zedgarhoo...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > "pass" meaning what? Insert it into the file? > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mark Pace > <*pacemainl...@gmail.com*<pacemainl...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > I'm having writers (programmers) block today. Is there a way to pass a > REXX stem to XEDIT? > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > > > -- > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > ------------------------------ > > The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may > contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from > disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if > this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert > the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any > attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of > this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly > prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be > monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure > compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails > are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be > intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed > to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail. > > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
