Simplest solution, create vars that hold the values :)

or one var that is a formatted version of all the data that needs to be 
inputted !

Olav.


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    Subject: [EXT]:  QUICK QUIZ STDIN question

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  If there is anyone left on the list who can answer this then I would 
appreciate
  the information.

  I have an existing QUIZ program that prompts the user for a number of
  transactions terminated by a blank response then followed by a 
parameter
  prompt, that has a default value is no data is provided, and which 
then runs.
  The objective is to pass to the QUIZ program a set of prompt answers 
prepared
  by a QUICK screen so that the user does not have to enter anything.

  If necessary I can alter the QUIZ report, or create a variant, which 
reads the
  propt data from a flat file created in the QUICK screen and 
eliminating the
  second data prompt.  However, I thought to try and pass the 
information from
  QUICK to QUIZ via STDIN.  And this is where I am having difficulty.

  In the QUICK screen I create a temp file, QKARINE1, and write the 
transaction
  code to the first line and blank lines to the next two records.  I 
then want to
  pass this file to QUIZ via STDIN using "FILE STDIN=QKARINE1;TEMP".  If 
I do
  this outside of QUICK then it works perfectly.  QUIZ picks up the 
responses
  from STDIN and runs the report.

  When I try this through a RUN COMMAND in QUICK then I get this error:
  **** OPEN OF STDIN FAILED (CERR 14)

  ABORT: QUIZ.PH839C.COGNOS
  NM SYS   a.00fedf70 dbg_abort_trace+$28
  NM USER  129.000ab208 _csu_error+$e4
  NM PROG  b4.0019d4e0 _start+$20


  Press RETURN to continue.


  Now while STDIN is a designated file name for QDESIGN it is not listed 
as such
  for QUICK itself.  So, I am sort of at a loss to understand why QUIZ 
cannot
  open STDIN from inside QUICK.

  Has anyone run into the situation of passing parameters to QUIZ from 
QUICK
  without using a FILE in an ACCESS statement?  How was it solved or is 
a FILE
  statement absolutely necessary?





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