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Getting Started as an MPE/iX Programmer Programmer's Guide

Chapter 2  Utilities and Tools 

This section describes the MPE/iX user interface to show how user
programs can programmatically access MPE/iX features and provides an
introduction to utilities and tools.  The information is presented as an
overview on a conceptual level.  For detailed information on programmatic
access, refer to Command Interpreter Access and Variables Programmer's 
Guide (32650-90011).

Programmatic access to MPE/iX allows you to use command interpreter (CI)
features in a program without having to enter break mode.  With the
available techniques, you can develop sophisticated, automated subsystems
to run under MPE/iX. The techniques include:

   *   Using MPE/iX programmatic interfaces, command files, and
       user-defined commands (UDCs).

   *   Performing variable dereferencing, concatenation, string
       substitution, recursive dereferencing, and expression evaluation.

   *   Using Job Control Words (JCWs) and variables.

   *   Using the MPE/iX Help facility for commands, command files, and
       UDCs.

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