Re: Is there a process that would allow me to take control of an interactive session?

[VERNON HAMBERG Owner <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sam


For some time there has been the STRCPYSCN command - in one way to use it, you specify a display job you want to follow - the user there grants you the privilege, then anytime he/she presses some action kind of key, you'll see the screen where that was done - you're always 1 screen behind. You can only watch, you can't do anything on their screen.


There's also a way to put all the screens used into a physical file, for examination later.


CheersVern


On Tue, 11 Jun, 2024 at 12:56 PM, Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 

To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have a feeling the OP was not looking to fix the code, but rather for 
a band-aid. I seem to recall that in a former life we had a commercial 
product that allowed us to look at/control a user's screen, but age had 
dulled my memory.

If the OP wants to fix the problem, there is an example here: 
https://github.com/SJLennon/IBM-i-RPG-Free-CLP-Code/tree/master/RcdLckDsp

Sam

On 6/10/2024 6:20 PM, VERNON HAMBERG Owner via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> True enough, Darryl - but that doesn't stop you from writing code anew that does what you want - briefly, read a record without a lock, preserve its value (using a DS for I/O is nice here), show the update screen, after enter pressed, read record again with lock (probably?), compare to saved state, if the same, update it, if not the same, notify user appropriately.