RE: timeout question for rpg/dds but archives do not really answer my question

OK, thanks guys, I just was not reading the dataq method properly, with some
tweaking of the code, it does do what I want - I am just brain dead this
week,
too many projects due at the same time, and all big and I am involved in
them
all to one degree or another - my head hurts, anyone got an opening for
a sea shell therapist, I only charge $120,000 per year, plus expenses ;)
Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Jim Langston
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:43 PM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: timeout question for rpg/dds but archives do not really
answer my question


Well, you can do a wait forever on a dataque, or you can wait some other
amount of time.

There was a discussion about this this week.
Here is the start of the thread:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200207/msg00362.html

Here is a pertinent quote from a follow up:

The wait time is the maximum time you want to wait before timing out. When
entries are put on the data queue your program is notified immediately,
regardless of what the wait time is. You can tell if an entry was received
by checking the length field, as you do in your program. If it is zero then
the data queue timed out. BTW, if you don't want to time out at all, use a
wait time of  minus one (-1). Control won't be returned to your program
until something comes in on the data queue.

Albert York

Regards,

Jim Langston
Programmer/Analyst
NT Administrator
Cels Enterprises, Inc.
(310) 838-2103 x604


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A. Manske [mailto:mmanske@minter-weisman.com]
<SNIP>
... The examples I looked over with dataq
at least appeared to wait on the dataq, then read the screen, and if nothing
was done, then do another read forever until the user entered something,
which
in my case would mean the system would shut down the sessions after 2 hours
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