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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM Z NetView
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 14, 2026

Support ability to optionally ignore case when using the ACQUIRE function in the AT

Message trap testing requires use of the NetView ACQUIRE function to test various text information that may not be on the first line of data.  ACQUIRE employs the PIPE EDIT keywords.  
At the same time, one needs to use the ACQUIRE function to pass data to a command, and the data may need to still be in mixed case.  If the text may be mixed case OR upper case, one must code for both.  It would be much simpler if the EDIT function had the ability to do an optional, case agnostic, test option for EDIT commands, such as FINDLINE, SKIPTO, UPTO, and ONTO.

Here is an example one of the messages where I need to do multiple, complicated AT traps to cover both a mixed case and upper case scenario.
 

* SVTM600I                                                              
* Test for Secure+ message code nnn (CSPAnnnE) in secondary line      * 
* and NODE name on top line                                           * 
* 3 digit Secure+ code and Node name are merged to make code3 code    * 
*                                                                     * 
* Example trap:                                                       * 
* AOFCPMSG CODE3=003ACBSASPIBMICD300                                  * 
*                                                                     * 
* Example corresponding CAPMSGS CODE3                                 * 
* 003ACBSASPIBM* 003ACBSASPIBMICD300                                  * 
*                                                                     * 
* NOTES:                                                              * 
*  > NODE name filtering was added to ignore specific test nodes      * 
*  > Text may be 'MSG='  or 'Msg=', so must test for either           * 
*  > CAPMSGS Code matching allows for only 15 characters, 3 for       * 
*    Secure+ code, and 12 characters for node name or 11              * 
*    characters with a wild-card as the 12th                          * 
*********************************************************************** 
IF MSGID = 'SVTM600I' THEN BEGIN;                                       
 If ACQUIRE('FINDLINE \Msg=\ SKIPTO \Msg=\ 1.3 1') = 'Msg'             
   & ACQUIRE('FINDLINE \Msg=\ SKIPTO \Msg=\ W1 SUBSTR 9.3 1 TOPLINE    
   SKIPTO \NODE=\ W1 SUBSTR 6.* N') = MID THEN                         
 EXEC(CMD('AOFCPMSG CODE3='MID) ROUTE(ONE %AOFOPGSSOPER%));            
                                                                       
 If ACQUIRE('FINDLINE \MSG=\ SKIPTO \MSG=\ 1.3 1') = 'MSG'             
   & ACQUIRE('FINDLINE \MSG=\ SKIPTO \MSG=\ W1 SUBSTR 9.3 1 TOPLINE    
   SKIPTO \NODE=\ W1 SUBSTR 6.* N') = MID THEN                         
 EXEC(CMD('AOFCPMSG CODE3='MID) ROUTE(ONE %AOFOPGSSOPER%));            
                                                                       
* Kill if neither Msg= or MSG= is found *                               
 ALWAYS;                                                               
                                                                       
END;                                                                    

Idea priority Low