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REXX Enhancements

CA JCLCheck supports the following three enhancements to JCLNeat REXX:

1. You can now use REXX variable DD.DDSTAT for the CA JCLCheck STDREXX program. DD.DDSTAT is available when the JCLNeat REXXMEM program is called for a DD statement. The DD.DDSTAT variable has flags that indicate information about the DD. These values are:
   • x'08'—Statement is DD DUMMY
   • x'04'—Statement from instream PROC
   • x'02'—Statement is 'DD *'/'DD DATA'
   • x'01'—Statement is unnamed DD
2. You can now use REXX in JCLNEAT without FORMAT=Y. This enhancement allows for FORMAT=B (Basic) to be used to minimize formatting. REXX can now modify the JCL while retaining most of its original formatting. Before this enhancement, specifying the REXXMEM option in JCLNeat forced the format option to be set on.
3. A new variable allows the end of job return code to be set. The $CA.NEATRC variable lets you set a numeric value. On return from REXX, if the value is not null, the value in the variable is used as a return code for the JCLNeat job step. $CA.NEATRC is in the list of Miscellaneous Variables.

CA JCLCheck STDREXX now supports the following variables in EDCHEK and they contain information on the member being edited when the JCLCheck command is issued:

• $CA.IMEMBER
• $CA.IDSNAME
• $CA.ITYPE

  Before this enhancement, these variables had no value when JCLCheck is called from EDCHEK.

Note: Documentation changes are listed under "REXX Enhancements" in the Documentation Changes section of the following guides:

• Programming Guide
• Command Reference Guide
• Tutorial
• Message Reference Guide