Re: 5250 data stream issue

[James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Coulter wrote:
> On 05/04/2008, at 4:45 AM, James Lampert wrote:
>
> > Is there a way for "M" to update a message line on the page that "S"
> > left on the terminal screen, without "S" having to be called, and
> > without "M" having to rewrite the entire page?
>
> Send a *STATUS message to the *EXT queue of the job. Behaves like  
> various query components e.g., "Query running. nnnn records selected"  
> sort of thing.

EXACTLY what I was looking for. I just wrote a dummy "M" in CL, that 
called "S" with dummy parameters, then alternated DLYJOBs with 
SNDPGMMSGs to display a couple of dummy status messages. Worked as 
advertised.

Thanks.

Now I just have to work out how to put the equivalent QMHSNDPM calls 
into the real "M" (which is in MI). I'm sure I already have some 
QMHSNDPM calls in there somewhere. . .