Re: Message of the day at 5250 signon

wondering aloud.
could utilize the Exit Point
QIBM_QWT_JOBNOTIFY
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.3?topic=ssw_ibm_i_73/apis/xjobntfy.html

Pick your job start option and never ending program to read the dtaq and send something to the user(s)

I have created a small RPG program for routing entry in a support interactive subsystem
that keeps certain users off the server.

at the end the program just does a RRTJOB to a different RTGDTA in the subsystem to continue on their way...

but this option was mentioned before...

Bryan


Patrik Schindler wrote on 11/9/2022 11:34 AM:

Hello Javier,

Am 09.11.2022 um 17:00 schrieb Javier Sanchez <javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx>:

If you want to display the message AFTER signon, another option could be that you tailor a CL/RPG program that could be called precisely just after that.

Yes. Probably there's a system exit, so there is no need to alter user profiles, SBSDs or the like? With that the thing might boil down to how to send the message instead of how to get the system to do this at signon time.

As said in another message, I'll put this aside for now, because the effort is considerable in any case.

One big disadvantage to this is that you would have to update ALL user profiles to have the INLPGM parameter to point to that program.

Don't wanna do this. Also, if a user already has set an INLPGM, how to cope with that? Also, an INLPGM can easily be overridden on the signon screen, so the message won't be shown. Searching for a foolproof and defaults-preserving way. Seems to be most hard?

:wq! PoC