Re: Sample Code for OUTQ Processing? / API Confusion

Another probleme with using Dataqueue :

    If the spool is not in SAVE mode, sometimes, you will not be able to get
the spool and work with it because it is still printed.
    It depends really on what you want to do.

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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Sample Code for OUTQ Processing? / API Confusion

   Rory

   Using data queues  was one of my original thoughts when I started

checking

   into this.  It would give me access to the information that I need but

I

   couldn't necessarily guarantee that spool files would show up in RDY
   status.  If they didn't then there wouldn't be a data queue entry and

they

   would get missed.  It's a good idea but won't work in this case.

   Dave Parnin
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   Nishikawa Standard Company
   Topeka, IN  46571
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                                           Code for OUTQ Processing? / API
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   Dave,
   Another option you might consider is changing the output queue (or
   multiple
   output queues if necessary) to use a data queue - when a spooled file

on

   that OUTQ goes to ready (RDY) status, an entry is added to the data

queue

   containing details of the spooled file. Then you creat a
   never-ending-program (aka a NEP) which waits for entries to appear on

the

   data queue and processes them.
   The benefit of this is that you don't need to use any list API's (just

the

   data queue API's which are easy). Also, you won't get problems with
   entries
   being added to the OUTQ just after you've done your API read and being
   missed.
   I wrote a program a while back (as have many others!) which uses a data
   file
   to determine commands to process on spooled files - that way you can

set

   up
   'rules' to govern how your spooled files should be
   routed/processed/deleted
   etc.
   I can send you some sample code also.
   Rory
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