× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. MIDRANGE-L
  3. November 2022

Message of the day at 5250 signon

Hello,

UNIX systems may have a file /etc/motd with a short text for showing more or less important information to users on logon time. This usually scrolls out of view quickly in a classic „scrolling“ shell environment. An example would be an announcement about an upcoming maintenance downtime.

I‘m wondering if there is a similar function for 5250 sessions on IBM i, or especially it‘s ancestors.

I understand that the message line text shown at signon time is statically defined in the menu panel group and just once more a copyright reminder by IBM.

I guess, to achieve my goal, I might end up coding a full-fledged main menu myself with the necessary routines to read a message of the day from somewhere and show it in the message line.

Any thoughts about this? Is there an easier way?

Thanks!

:wq! PoC

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Follow-Ups:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.