RE: Qsysopr message program.

<EUREKA!>  Thanks for reminding me of this simple technique, Steve.  I was
struggling with exactly this issue a little while back, and put it aside.
You'd think after all the years I've been doing asynchronous processing,
this would stick in my head, but that just goes to show what a great
resource these lists are.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Richter
>
> The stop,start msg method also works well with the data queue/background
> processor setup. The bp is pgm'd to end when the stop msg is
> rcvd. Sometimes
> the bp starts, rcvs an old "stop" msg and ends. Adding a "start"
> msg solves
> that problem. The bp ignores "stop" msgs until a "start" msg is rcvd.
>
> Another example of the algorithm/template solution being superior to the
> technical solution: The algorithm solution has more than one application.
> The technical solution only solves one problem.

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