Re: Send Break message to user work station

Hi Dwayne,

> Is there a command I can put in a CL to get the user work station ID,
> so I can send them a break message.

I'm not convinced that you REALLY want a break message. You might be better off using SNDUSRMSG if you're only communicating with the user attached to the same display as your CL program.

However, if you're trying to contact a user from a batch program, a break message might be in order. And, just for the archive's sake, it's useful to understand how to send a break message to a userid, so here goes:

To do so interactively, just type the following:

CALL QEZSNDMG

It will prompt you for the message and other details. Place a 'Y' under "Interrupt User" to make it a break message.

It's also possible to specify all of the needed info via parameters, which make it possible to send break messages to users from a program, even in batch.

PGM PARM(&MSG &USERID)

DCL VAR(&MSGTYPE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
DCL VAR(&DELIVERY) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
DCL VAR(&MSG) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(32)
DCL VAR(&MSGLEN) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&USERID) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
DCL VAR(&NUMUSERS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&MSGSNT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&FUNCREQ) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&ERRORCODE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(8)
DCL VAR(&DISPLAY) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1)
DCL VAR(&MSGQ) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20)
DCL VAR(&DSTTYPE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&CCSID) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)

CHGVAR VAR(&MSGTYPE) VALUE('*INFO')
CHGVAR VAR(&DELIVERY) VALUE('*BREAK')
CHGVAR VAR(&DISPLAY) VALUE('N')
CHGVAR VAR(&DSTTYPE) VALUE('*USR')

CHGVAR VAR(%BIN(&MSGLEN)) VALUE(32)
CHGVAR VAR(%BIN(&NUMUSERS)) VALUE(1)
CHGVAR VAR(%BIN(&MSGSNT)) VALUE(0)
CHGVAR VAR(%BIN(&FUNCREQ)) VALUE(0)
CHGVAR VAR(%BIN(&ERRORCODE 1 4)) VALUE(0)
CHGVAR VAR(%BIN(&CCSID)) VALUE(0)

CALL PGM(QEZSNDMG) PARM(&MSGTYPE +
&DELIVERY +
&MSG +
&MSGLEN +
&USERID +
&NUMUSERS +
&MSGSNT +
&FUNCREQ +
&ERRORCODE +
&DISPLAY +
&MSGQ +
&DSTTYPE +
&CCSID )

ENDPGM