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Dear all,

Again, here i'm to learn/get knowledge, hope i would get! Can anyone tell me how can we pass values to the sysin control card through rexx. Any links or libraries would help. Please advice.

Regards,
Viswa

This topic was discussed in this section of the forum last month. Read that topic first!

Thanks steve for your time! yes as advised i went through the forum. I'm able to find passing DD names but i can't find how to pass values to sysin control card. Please advice. Apologize if i or my thoughts are wrong!

Regards,
Viswa

Simply, you can not do it. You have to generate the sysin cards with the values resolved from your rexx and then use them. You will have to take a little more time and search for the many answers and solutions already posted here.

pass values to the sysin control card through rexx

You need to provide more details. Where is the rexx running? What does your JCL look like.

It could be as simple as two job steps... the first is a rexx program that builds the SYSIN using a:

The second step would refer to the file with

Hello Pedro,

Thanks for your time! sorry for not being clear! The REXX routine just gets a value either through panel/ or just through a pull and that variable has to be under the sysin control card. REXX runs under the ISPEXEC environment. I believe this could work. But how do write a single value into a Dataset. Confused. Will this work.? Just a wild guess. Apologize if its wrong!



Regards,
Viswa

Why do you not try it out?

The real title of this thread should be 'How do I write to a dataset?'

When you mention 'passing values', 'JCL', and 'sysin', it clouds the issue and you get 'cannot be done' responses.