Re: sbmjob & sndpgmmsg *prv

Hello Tim,

Well, I did get a chance to play with this and I am correct.  Here is my test 
program:

PGM
DCL &DATE *CHAR 6
DCL &TIME *CHAR 6
RTVSYSVAL QDATE &DATE
RTVSYSVAL QTIME &TIME
/* Send impromptu message */
SNDPGMMSG MSG('Job started at' *BCAT &TIME *BCAT 'on' *BCAT &DATE) +
                TOPGMQ(*PRV) TOMSGQ(*TOPGMQ) MSGTYPE(*INFO)
/* Send 'pre-defined' message */
SNDPGMMSG MSGID(CPF9898) MSGF(QCPFMSG)
                MSGDTA('Job started at' *BCAT &TIME *BCAT 'on' *BCAT &DATE) +
                TOPGMQ(*PRV) TOMSGQ(*TOPGMQ) MSGTYPE(*INFO)
ENDPGM

Submitting this program to batch with a LOG setting of (4 00 *SECLVL) results 
in both messages 
appearing in the job log.

Using a LOG setting where the second item is greater than 0 results in the 
first message 
'disappearing'.  This is due to impromptu messages not having a severity and so 
any filtering 
excludes them.  The CPF9898 message has a severity of 40 and so would not be 
excluded until the 
second item was 40 or greater.

Using a LOG setting where the the first parameter is 0 results in both messages 
'disappearing'.

The word disappearing is in quotes because the messages are still in the 
program queue, just 
filtered out.  If the job is still active and you change the LOG setting the 
messages will appear 
again.

The third parameter does not have any real effect.  It determines whether a 
joblog will be produced 
or not.

Sending impromptu messages is bad practice anyway.  They should all be 
pre-defined (properly -- not 
cheating with CPF9898 or its ilk).

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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