Commands for Automation Tasks

Use the following commands to perform automation tasks.

DELVAR: Deletes a variable from the CA Automation Point variable table.
GETMSGI: Fetches the number of messages in the CA Automation Point action message recall list, the internal pointer to each action message in the list, and the text of each action message.
GETREXXL: Returns a list of active and queued REXX programs.
GETVAR: Copies the value of a CA Automation Point status variable into a local REXX variable.
GETVARL: Returns the names of all CA Automation Point status variables that match a specified name mask.
LOADRULES: Enables a new CA Automation Point rules file dynamically. The dynamically enabled rules file replaces the current rules file.
MSG: Allows you to indirectly process messages through rules, even in sessions that you cannot normally automate with rules. The messages appear to come from a session that you specify.
SESSCNTL: Establishes or closes connections, pauses or restarts automation for a single specified session. This command can also control the frequency of background window updates and change the host to which an automated Telnet session is connected.
SETVAR: Sets the contents of a CA Automation Point status variable to a given value, changes the value of a variable, or creates a new variable
STOPREXX: Stops an executing REXX program or cancels execution of a queued REXX program.
WAIT: Causes a REXX program to wait for a specified number of seconds before processing the next REXX statement.