Re: Command messages

Hello Peter,

You wrote:
>CLRPFM FILE(MYLIB/MYFILE)

>Is this valid?
>MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(DO)
>RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*COMP) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID)
>SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) +
>             MSGTYPE(*COMP)
>ENDDO

Not valid!

        1. You can't monitor for a completion message so the code in the DO
group will only run if an exception occurs.
        2. If an exception occurs the message won't be a completion message
        3. You can't reliably receive a *COMP message anyway because
receiving a non-exception message gets the first one which may not be from
the CLRPFM.

>What am I doing wrong?

Simply do the RCVMSG and SNDPGMMSG in-line for completion messages.

Receive the *LAST message after the CLRPFM which will get you the
completion message.  For example:

CLRPFM FILE(MYLIB/MYFILE)
RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*LAST) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID)
SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) +
             MSGTYPE(*COMP)

Let your global MONMSG handle any exceptions.  If you must handle
exceptions on the CLRPFM *and* forward the completion message then do:

CLRPFM FILE(MYLIB/MYFILE)
MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(DO)
        /* Whatever recovery you need */
        GOTO SKIP_COMP
ENDDO
RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*LAST) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID)
SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) +
             MSGTYPE(*COMP)
SKIP_COMP:


Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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