RE: Pause technique

You can use the following to display a message on qsysopr that needs a
reply
Before it comes back to your CLP program


SNDUSRMSG  MSG('>>>> END OF DAY MESSAGE <<<< - IS IT +  
             OKAY TO EXECUTE MONDAY PROCEDURES? (Y OR + 
             N) ?') VALUES(Y N) MSGRPY(&REPLY)          

&REPLY is defined as *char with a length of 1


Andy Renk
Chambers & Owen, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Wenzloff
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:27 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Pause technique

I've got a multi step job that is run only once at the end of each
fiscal year (this weekend).   Each step updates data related to standard
costs.   Each subsequent step is dependant on the success of the one
before it and I need to verify this by examining the data at each step
else I can end up with a real mess.

The job is designed to run in batch mode although it could be run
interactively since I will be the only one on the computer when it is
run.

My question is what is a simple technique to pause the CLP after each
step of the job?

If I set it to run interactively I could add a simple program to put up
a display file which waits for the Enter key.   But I would like to keep
this in batch mode for speed.

Any suggestions?    Simple is better.

Thanks,
Greg