Re: Launch 5250 session from Windows Task Scheduler

The macro runs an interactive screen that is a vendor provided screen to delete abended batches. It doesn't really lend itself to the iSeries job scheduler. (Although I suppose I could attempt to launch the 5250 workstation app on the PC via a remote command initiated from the iSeries.)


On 12/3/2013 5:04 PM, Roger Harman wrote:

Not directly an answer to your question but....

Why not run the necessary commands/tasks from the IBM Job Scheduler?



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Subject: [PCTECH] Launch 5250 session from Windows Task Scheduler


We have a VM with iSeries Access installed. On this VM, we have a green
screen session that runs a macro which signs on to the i and cleans up
abended batches.

This macro runs (loops) all day from whenever I start it until midnight.
I have been able to end it at midnight successfully from Task Scheduler. I
would like to be able to start it at 6:00 AM but cannot get it to work.

I have tried to launch it from Task Scheduler using the same information
contained on the shortcut properties that I use to launch it manually with
no success:

"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator\pcsws.exe" "C:\Program
Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator\Private\abend.WS"

I have also created a .BAT file that, when I click on it, launches the green
screen session but will not launch the green screen session from Task
Manager. The .BAT file is a one-liner that has the same info as the
shortcut properties.

I can tell from running the emulation session interactively that PCSCM.EXE
and PCSWS.EXE have to be running. Both of these are launched when the Task
Scheduler fires but they only sit and do nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas regarding how I might get this to work?


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Thanks,

Steve
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