Re: Program needed to monitor an outq

You will have an entry in the dataQueue only if the spool is ready to print.
Say you have a saved spool, if you realease it a new entry is send.
If the spool is holded : no entry :(
In this cas you can run a PGM that make the list of spool of one OUTQ.
 (with spool API)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Kestenbaum" <pkestenbaum@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: Program needed to monitor an outq

Good idea Wayne, When you say ready status, what about HOLD status,
currently this job puts the spool on Hold bec. Of forms changes.

Thanks,
Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne McAlpine
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:21 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Program needed to monitor an outq

Take a look at specifying a data queue for the output queue.  The data
queue will receive an entry whenever a spool file goes into ready status

on the output queue.  All the information about the spool file is passed

to the data queue.  You can then either have a never-ending batch job to

receive the data queue entries, or you can have the job wake up at 1600
and receive and process all of the entries.

Phil Kestenbaum wrote:

HI I have a need to monitor a particular outq, for a particular
form-type. I would like to be alerted when such a form type has

entered

this outq, and possibly as well, based on time of day, i.e. if he

hasn't

printed by 16:00 alert a few people. This way, I will know if the
operator has printed said spool files or not.



I am thinking of ways to do this either using RPG, I am assuming this

is

a bit much for CL but perhaps I am wrong,.. or preferably an approach
based on  Operations Navigator and running in Windows and alerting via
the desktop. The alert could be via email of course but another

delivery

method is fine.



Perhaps someone has already developed such a program and could share
their approach or comments as to how you would do this.





Thanks,

Phil


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