RE: SMG Customer Notifier -- BPCS-L

Genyphyr,

Thanks for the reply.

Firstly the MQSeries bit is perhaps a red herring. 

Also we're not asking SSA to actually code the Customer Notifier. We need to
keep that in house for on going support reasons.

There does not seem enough information in the SMG User guide to write a C
module that implements the Notification method.

In the section Subclassing the Base Notifier Object all it says is "In the
Method Notification enter the code required to handle the messages destined
for the external application"

Doesn't give me any clue how the message data is passed to that method.
Obviously comes as an SDO but what would be the variable name that holds it?
Or am I being very thick?       

Also there is nothing in the SMG User Guide the indicates that you need to
use the NWIDLL module in the Customer Notifier or that the NWIDLL module
contains the program entry proceedure - main() function.  I've had to glean
that sort of information from the LOGNTFR object itself.

Should I be implementing the DllInit and DllTerm functions?

My argument is that the source for the Log Notifier should be available, all
it would appear to do is implement the SdsCopyToFile API so no state secrets
are being given away.  Additionally the SMG User guide should be more
explicit.  The Property Notifier source is there but doesn't work the same
way as the Customer Notifier.

Again thanks for the reply and any help would be appreciated.

Regards
Graham


> ----------
> From:         Genyphyr Novak[SMTP:novakg@ssax.com]
> Sent:         15 March 2000 00:24
> To:   BPCS-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: SMG Customer Notifier
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am not familiar with MQSeries as a product - is this doing outbound
> notification from BPCS customers into the MQ database or inbound from MQ
> customer data into BPCS? You are right, you will be charged by SSA
> Services
> for doing any custom programming work for you - I don't see that as a
> strange thing in the software industry. But there should be enough
> information in the current 6.1.00 SMG Users Guide to get you pointed in
> the
> right direction to do it yourself if you are familiar with C programming
> (don't attempt this in RPG) - what version of SMGs and BPCS do you have ?
> (Please don't say 6.0.02. . . . because the documentation for that release
> was not so hot). I can try to fill in some of the blanks, but you will
> have
> to be more specific about what you are trying to do and what questions you
> want answered.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Genyphyr Novak
> SSA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Graham (EBM) <Graham_SmithEBM@heinz.co.uk>
> To: 'BPCS-l@Midrange.com' <BPCS-l@midrange.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:04 PM
> Subject: SMG Customer Notifier
> 
> 
> >I'm trying to build a Customer Notifier that will talk to MQseries.
> >
> >The MQSeries portion is a piece of cake but the SMG USer guide doesnt
> >provide enough information to sensibly build the Module that processes
> the
> >notification.
> >
> >Anyone tried to build a Customer Notifier with any success?
> >
> >SSA are attempting to charge for this info which is taking a liberty in
> my
> >book.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Graham
> >
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