RE: Detection of batch/interactive -- RPG400-L

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Tony,
If you don't have RPG xTools you have to call CL or the Job Info API. If you
have RPG xTools use the GetJobType() procedure. It returns "I" for
Interactive, and "B" for batch.

-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tony Carolla
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:44 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries; RPGIV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Detection of batch/interactive

I am writing an RPG program that I want users to run in batch mode. My 
standard solution to this is to write a CL program that submits the RPG to 
batch, and point a CMD at the CL program. But I had this idea... What if the

RPG could detect whether or not it was running in batch, and if it wasn't 
submit a job to batch, that would call the same program, and terminate the 
interactve one? 

I have the logic mapped out in RPG, but I can't figure out how to detect if 
the program is running in Batch. I don't see anything in the PSDS that shows

this... Can it be done?

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