Re: show message on line 24

Too much work or not, here is a sample program which displays
the message "LOOP COUNT nnnnn" on line 24 as a status message
during program execution, where nnnn is the loop iteration.  Note that
message ID CPF9898 in message file QCPFMSG is a generic
message ... the message data you provide IS the message.  -Dave K

dcl &count   *dec  (5 0)
dcl &CountA  *char 5
dcl &Message *char 512  /* max msg len allowed is 512 */

loop:
     chgvar &count (&count + 1)
     if (&count >= 5) then(goto eoj)
     chgvar &CountA &Count  /* convert numeric to alpha */
     chgvar &Message ('Loop Cycle ' *Cat &CountA) /* construct message */

             SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(CPF9897) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA(&Message) +
                          TOPGMQ(*EXT) MSGTYPE(*STATUS)

     dlyjob 1  /* delay 1 second */
goto loop
eoj: /* exit program */
endpgm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: show message on line 24


> I meant line 24. and SNDPGMMSG complains that
> I didn't give it a MSGID, and THAT is too much work
> for the simple thing I'm trying to do.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Lovelady <dennis@lovelady.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: show message on line 24
>
>
> > > Hi, Leif:
> > >
> > > From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 9:47 PM
> > >
> > > > Is there really no CL-command or similar that simply
> > > > shows a message on line 24?
> > > > I can easily write a program that does that, but do I have to.
> > >
> > > Ummmm... you want IBM to guess what you'd like to have appear on line
24,
> > > and then make it so, or ... what is it you're asking for?  And, do you
> > mean,
> > > line 25?
> >
> > Oh.  I just figured out what you meant.  You can send a status message
with
> > sndpgmmsg.  *STS messages always appear on line 25.  You cannot run
> > sndpgmmsg from the command line, but that's not something I think you'd
> want
> > anyway.
> >
> > HTH
> > --
> > Dennis Lovelady             Fayetteville, GA
> > mail: dennis@lovelady.com
> > URL:  http://www.lovelady.com
> > ICQ:  5734860
> > --
> > "An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except
his
> > memory."
> >         - Franklin P. Jones
> >
> >
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