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I think this is also covered in one of the PRINTER Redbooks...or in the AS/400 Guide to Printers and Printing manual.... Had to dig through this back in fax/400 days... ----- On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 Todd.Sabella@alltel.com wrote: > I've never done it, but I guess you can use a data queue... > > >From the Create Output Queue (CRTOUTQ) help... > > Data queue (DTAQ) - Help > > Specifies the name of the data queue associated with the output queue. > Entries are logged in the data queue when spooled files are in ready > (RDY) status on the output queue. A user program can determine when a > spooled file is available on an output queue using the Receive Data > Queue API (QRCVDTAQ) to receive information from a data queue. > > Each time a spooled file on the output queue reaches RDY status, an > entry is sent to the data queue. A spooled file can have several > changes in status (for example, RDY to held (HLD) to release (RLS) to > RDY again) before it is taken off the output queue. These status > changes result in entries in the data queue for a spooled file each time > the spooled file goes to RDY status. > > When the data queue is created using the Create Data Queue (CRTDTAQ) > command, the maximum message length (MAXLEN parameter) value should be > at least 128 and the sequence (SEQ parameter) value should be *FIFO or > *LIFO. More information about data queues on output queues is in the > Printer Device Programming book, SC41-5713. > > hope this helps... > Todd > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@taylorcorp.com] > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:50 AM > To: Midrange - Midrange-L (E-mail) > Subject: Monitor outq for spool files > > > Here is an interesting question (for me at least). Is there a way to > monitor > the OUTQ to see if one or more spool files are in there and then kick > off my > program that will process it? > > Mike Wills > IT Corporate Support > Taylor Corporation > mnwills@taylorcorp.com > Phone: (507) 386-3187 > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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