Re: Sending status messages to program message queue using QMHSNDPM

You have to send a predefined message of type *STATUS to the *EXT
message queue. Message CPF9898 is reserved for this use.

Jonathan Mason wrote:
> I have an ILE program running that performs variable amounts of work
over a
> number of libraries and want to send progress messages to a program
message
> queue while the job is running.
>
> The setup I have is:
>
> PGM_A consists of two modules MOD_1 and MOD_2 and two service
> programs SRV_1 and SRV_2
>
> MOD_1 has a display file defined which includes a message subfile
>
> MOD_1 calls MOD_2 to do the work
>
> MOD_2 calls sub-procedure PROGRESS which is found in SRV_1
>
> Sub-procedure PROGRESS in turn calls the SNDPGMMSG sub-procedure
> which is in SRV_2
>
> Sub-procedure SNDPGMMSG calls the QMHSNDPM system API
>
> I have tried various combinations of setting the call stack entry
parameter
> for the API to "*" and "*EXT" as well as passing in the program, object
and
> module, and the most success I have is passing in the appropriate values
for
> PGM_A and MOD_1. However, the messages don't appear on the display
until
> the process completes and the message subfile control is rewritten.
>
> Does anybody know if it is possible to have the status messages pop up
on
> the display while the job is running and what I need to do to achieve
it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
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