RE: Print an IFS file

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:47 PM
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Subject: RE: Print an IFS file

That's why I suggested checking the date on the IFS file. :-)

Rob Berendt
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From:
"Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
04/29/2009 01:28 PM
Subject:
RE: Print an IFS file
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I can think of a more effective way. If they DON'T work then email you.

What if, instead of failing, it never ran at all?

I do much of what you suggest in various applications. This is a brand
new
process that I want to look at daily for a spell.

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Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company. Unless I say so.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:07 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Print an IFS file

I can think of a more effective way. If they DON'T work then email you.
It's called "exception reporting". Ask yourself this: "What actions

get

me concerned?". For example, an IFS file that does not have today's

date

as the last changed may indicate the process either didn't run, or blew
up. Then, if it does have the right date, but carries content like "oh
crud" then you know that an action is necessary. So if you can find a
method that will determine that, and upon so, alert you, then write the
check.

Sure, I can look at DSPMSG QSYSMSG for critical messages every morning.
However I can't recall the last time I did a DSPMSG just to look at my

own

messages. Instead we have a product that we use that monitors that. If
it's a hardware message, alert my cell phone. If it's a wireless

scanner

that got varied off because of too many invalid sign on's then vary it

on

again up to three times. (Three vary on's times three invalid sign on
attempts gives them 9 tries.) It's amazing what some of these products
can do.

Which brings us to the next step in evolution. After you answer the
question "What actions get me concerned?", then you move on to "What
counter actions do I take based on these actions?". Perhaps the

solution

can go so far as to say "If job XYZ500 is stuck in MSGW in QBATCH

because

of a record lock then kill the locking job and retry." if so, write the
check. Since you wear many hats perhaps you have other things of

concern,

like if I socket over to my refrigerator and it's above 0F then I'd

better

page Joe the maintenance man, if it's stays that way for two hours, a
backup person.

Common vendors include:
byteware's Messenger Plus
LXI :-(
Robot
etc.


Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





From:
"Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
04/29/2009 12:50 PM
Subject:
RE: Print an IFS file
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When I come in to work in the morning, there are various things I look

at

to
verify that various jobs ran properly overnight. 99.99% of the time

these

all run properly. The fastest, most productive way to get through these
is
to have spool files on an outq that I can look at briefly, then delete.

The contents of this IFS file will tell me if a particular process ran
properly. The quickest way for me to view it would be to look at a

spool

file while I'm looking at all the other spool files.

The QSH way works. I don't believe Scott's PRTSTMF will work, because

it

creates a *USERASCII spool file, which can't be viewed.

--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company. Unless I say so.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Schoen
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:21 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Print an IFS file

Are you just looking to get an IFS file in to a spool file as RAW data
or are these PDF files ?

There isn't a simple method to just spool up an IFS file that's built

in

to the iSeries.

We have software that can either spool up the RAW data or can print
PDF's natively from the iSeries.

Tell us more about what you want to do ?

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
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message: 10
date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:42:37 -0400
from: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Print an IFS file

How can I print a stream file from a CL program?

I've looked at CPYFRMSTMF and CPY and the archives. I must have
brainlock
today 'cause this seems simple enough.

--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of

my

company.? Unless I say so.




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