KB Article #54739

CFTUTIL modes in OS400 environment

Problem

-- cftutil
-- mode



How to start CFTUTIL in OS400 environment


Resolution

The CFTUTIL execution can be launched  



1- interactive, for example via CFT interface, choice 2.4 (note: the " allocation " possible choices are about CFT file and can be ignored)



2- in batch, via a CALL  of
* CFTUTIL_QI, in a CL, and providing a DATA file
* CFTUTIL_CD, in a CLP, followed by de 2 (exactly) parameters (variables or strings with fixed length)
    * CFTUTIL_MI, in a CLP, for providing a parameters files with as many CFT commands as wanted
  (example in UTIN/CFTSRC : B_CD_SEND which uses the member CD_SEND)



3- via API (Cobol, C, RPG) -> in ILE (Integrated Langage Environnement) environment
 A copy describing the mandatory WSS is available in CFTSRC)