How to Retrieve the program names running from Menu and display them back to users

[rvd_dx]

Hi Experts,

Is there any technique to retrieve the Program names and displaying the same on other screen if requested by user.

[tomliotta]

Re: How to Retrieve the program names running from Menu and display them back to user

First, there should be no need for users to know program names. There shouldn't be anything they can do with the names. But if you want to know, you should look at the menu source code. Determining the source that shows any names can depend on what type of menu it is.

What is the menu type? (UIM? Program? Display file?)

Tom

[NeilD]

Re: How to Retrieve the program names running from Menu and display them back to user

We display the Pgm name and display format on every screen to help users and developers identify screens.

Use the Program Status Data Structure (posn 1-10)

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c092508381.htm

Neil.

[jamief]

Re: How to Retrieve the program names running from Menu and display them back to user

I actually like the names on the screens and menus.
Makes it much easier to "get on the same page" when a user calls with a compliment.
(we never have errors, but our users call daily just to say how good we are)

[Scott Klement]

Re: How to Retrieve the program names running from Menu and display them back to user

Is there any technique to retrieve the Program names and displaying the same on other screen if requested by user.

Yes, its possible for a program to retrieve the program name. But, not from within DDS. (You'd retrieve it in the program, not the DDS.) And how you do it in the program will depend on which programming language you're coding in.

Surely, once you have the program name in your program, you know how to print it on the screen? It's not any different from printing anything else on the screen...

[tomliotta]

Re: How to Retrieve the program names running from Menu and display them back to user

There's nothing wrong with identifying a screen with some displayed value, and program name can be as good as anything. It was the "if requested by user" that struck an odd note. And any number of menu options can have no DSPF for users to see an identifier, so the "program names running from Menu" was also unclear.

Tom