Procedures

Procedure objects that were saved or exported in Version 2.4 can be displayed or imported under Version 7.2, and they can be run if the abbreviations for commands and options (if any are used) are valid in Version 7.2. Version 2.4 procedures containing commands or applications requiring ISPF run only if QMF Version 7.2 is started as an ISPF dialog. Procedures written in English and saved or exported in QMF Version 2.4 can be imported and run without modification in a Version 7.2 NLF session (a QMF session where English is not the presiding language) if the command language global variable is set to accept English commands.

Some procedures from earlier releases will not work properly if they issue commands with verbs that are also verbs for installation-defined commands. To ensure this does not happen under QMF Version 7.2, users can add QMF before all commands. This identifies these commands as standard QMF commands instead of installation-defined commands. It lets these procedures run under QMF Version 7.2 (or any QMF Version 2 or Version 3 release). For more information on installation-defined commands, read Customizing QMF Commands.