Comments on: How to pause execution of a macro to allow user input of variable data in iSeries http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-pause-execution-of-a-macro-to-allow-user-input-of-variable-data-in-iseries/ Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: mainframemaster http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-pause-execution-of-a-macro-to-allow-user-input-of-variable-data-in-iseries/#comment-89923 mainframemaster Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:47:17 +0000 #comment-89923 Hey!
You can usethe InputBox function:

       Resposta = InputBox ("Message", "Caption","DefaultValue", xPos, yPos)

Where:
[ol]
[li]Message (string): an explanation on what you want the user to type;[/li]
[li]Caption (string): the tile of the dialog;[/li]
[li]DefaultValue (Variant): the value will be displayed and assumed if the does not enter anything;[/li]
[li]xPos, xPos (integer): the coordinateds where to position the dialog;[/li][ol]
A dialog with an editing field will be showed waiting for the user to type something and click either the [ ok ] button or [ cancel ] button;
If the user click the cancel button the result of the function will be “” (null);
Example:

    Resposta = InputBox ("Currency:", "Systems automation Inc.","********", 100, 300)

Obs: Passwords cannot be entered because the function always show the chars typed in.

]]> By: woodengineer http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-pause-execution-of-a-macro-to-allow-user-input-of-variable-data-in-iseries/#comment-58140 woodengineer Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:35:16 +0000 #comment-58140 If you have access to TAATOOLS, check out PMTOPR command.
It is designed exactly for what you want.
We’ve used it for many years. Works great.

One really cool feature is that you can use the command to do some basic validation of the user’s response. For example, if your program asks the user to enter “Y” to proceed or “N” to stop. the command can require the user to enter Y or N, relieving you from writing validation logic in your program.

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