Re: CEE4ABN

From: <bmorris@ca.ibm.com>>
> From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@attglobal.net>
> >I was kind of afraid of that  :-)
> >Is there a corresponding API for OPM programs?
>
> I'm guessing that you want to have say A call B call C, and
> for C to be able to end the whole thing, including A.
>
> The only way I know of is to send an escape message to the
> caller of A.  But I don't know how C can figure out the
> value "A" to send the message to the right place.  Maybe by
> looking at the program stack, but the criteria for figuring
> out where the application ended would be application-specific.
>

yeah, and kind of complex. What I really wanted is a
general mechanism where a job could be started by
anybody, do its thing, and gracefully go away by itself.
But if there is no easy and foolproof method, I guess
I just have to slug it out with an ad-hoc solution.  :-(