HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Systems User Guide

DescriptionMacroType
Terminates a script conditionally.EndIf
Makes strings; converts numeric value to character string.MakeString
The Message command is not yet supported.Message
The Start and End commands are used together to begin and end the functions of a script. Every
script must have a Start and End command. The If/EndIf commands are also used concurrently
to string two or more functional commands together. The If/EndIf commands must be used
together. For every If command in a script there must be an EndIf command. The Delay
command allows you to delay a script for up to an hour. The MakeString command allows you
to assign several values to a string statement, or the MakeString command can convert numeric
values to sting values. The SetList command allows you to create a list (for example, all the
searchable ports in the XP P9500, all the searchable LDEVs in the XP P9500) and the AddList
command allows you to expand the parameters of a list created with the SetList command.
Internal macro command definitions
AddList
The AddList command allows you to add a specified value to a specific list type. If you add a
value to a list that exceeds the maximum number of items for that output list, the excess values will
be ignored. The format for the AddList command is: AddList $D= the output list to which you
want to add a value ,$S= the expressions or values to be added to the output list with a numeric
range of 0x0000 to 0xffff. For example, to add these values (0, 1, 2, 3, 0x1e, and 0x1f) to the
Dev (Device) B list, the AddList command would be:
AddList $D=_ilDevB
,$S={0,1,2,3,0x1e,0x1f}
Delay
The Delay command allows you to delay a script for a specified length of time. The script delay
time is set in seconds (0 - 3600). The format for the Delay command is: Delay $Time= the
length of time you want to delay the script. For example, to delay a script by 60 seconds, the
Delay command would be:
Delay $Time=60
End
The End command allows you to declare the end of a script. The End command also terminates
the execution of a script. At least one End statement must be described in the trailing line of the
script statement.
The format for the End statement is: End
If / EndIf
The IF/EndIf statements are used together to allow you to verify the conditions of an expression.
If the IF/EndIf statement is successfully completed, succeeding statements will be processed. If
the IF/EndIf statement is not successfully completed, the script will abort and the succeeding
statements will not be completed. When IF/EndIf statements are used, several conditions must
be met. You must end an If statement with an IF/EndIf statement. The execution statement cannot
be defined on the same line as the If statement. The If statement must contain one conditional
decision statement within parentheses. The string values must be compared as ASCII character
codes. Format an IF/EndIf statement with the following:
• If expression one compared with expression two
• Macro statement, either internal or functional
IF/EndIf
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