Endevor Option ALWAYS_CALL_GENPKGID

Products

• Endevor
• Endevor Natural Integration
• Endevor - ECLIPSE Plugin

Issue/Introduction

Does the Option  ALWAYS_CALL_GENPKGID=ON affect batch?

Environment

All supported Releases 

Resolution

The Option ALWAYS_CALL_GENPKID forces the call to the GENPKGID before exit at all times in Foreground (ISPF) Endevor.    

By Default, the GENPKGID exit is called only when the Package ID is left blank when creating an Endevor Package. 

When the option is enabled in the ENCOPTBL (ALWAYS_CALL_GENPKGID=ON), the GENPKGID exit is called even if the user entered a fully specified Package ID on the Package foreground options menu panel and the panel option 2 "Create/Modify" was selected. 

If the User-specified Package ID contains a wildcard (*) or the place holder (%) character, the GENPKGID exit is not called but instead, the user is presented with the list of Packages matching the selection criteria.  

The User-specified Package ID is passed in the Package exit control block to the before-GENPKGID exit, which can then verify it and/or update it to comply with the sites naming convention.  

This option has NO affect in Batch, Endevor API or Endevor Web Services. 

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