<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Prompt override program" /> <meta name="abstract" content="You can write prompt override programs to supply current values for parameter defaults when prompting the command." /> <meta name="description" content="You can write prompt override programs to supply current values for parameter defaults when prompting the command." /> <meta name="DC.subject" content="program, prompt override program, description" /> <meta name="keywords" content="program, prompt override program, description" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="ovhdc.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="pop.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="comprover" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Prompt override program</title> </head> <body id="comprover"><a name="comprover"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Prompt override program</h1> <div><p>You can write prompt override programs to supply current values for parameter defaults when prompting the command. </p> <p>For example, prompt override programs are frequently used on Change commands to supply values for parameters with a default value of *SAME. A prompt override program is optional.</p> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="ovhdc.htm" title="This shows how a command is created.">Command definition process</a></div> </div> <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> <div><a href="pop.htm" title="The prompt override program allows current values rather than defaults to be displayed when a command is prompted. Key parameters are parameters, such as the name of an object, that uniquely identify the object.">Key parameters and prompt override programs</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>