Command prompters allow you to prompt for command parameters and values.
Command prompters can be invoked directly or called from application programs. Using the prompters allows you to easily build syntactically correct CL command strings, because the prompters insert parameter keyword names and parameter delimiters, such as apostrophes and parentheses, for you. The CL prompters also provide access to online command help, which can be used to describe the command, parameters and parameter values, command examples, and error messages signaled by the command.
iSeries™ Navigator provides a graphical CL command prompter for use on a client PC. iSeries Access for Web provides an HTML form-based CL command prompter for use in a web browser. The Remote System Explorer function also provides a graphical CL command prompter.
i5/OS™ provides a CL command prompter that you can use from the command line by pressing F4. In addition, the Display Command Line Window (QUSCMDLN) API allows you display a command line from within an application.