Re: i5 pop up window -- RPG400-L

Jay,

I may have misunderstood the application scenario here. To me it sounded like you want an automatic reminder, such as Kana Reminder on a PC, that would send a pre-scheduled notice to a user regardless of
a) what other application they might be in, and
b) where they might be signed on when the reminder is due.

You, also, want it to be non-intrusive as regards the business application they may be using at the time.

Except for the latter requirement, the sndbrkmsg is the only thing that seems to satisfy those requirements. It does require a response in order to return to the normal application. There was a utility published some years ago that sent break messages to specific users and was a little easier to use, but I can't remember where it came from. The command was sndbrkmsgu.

It just didn't sound to me that you wanted to add a hook to every application and re-code programs to check every so often. But, rather, wanted something to run in, say, QBatch that would interrupt users as needed.

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Richard Reeve wrote:

Jay,
One way that you could do this would be to create a file with userid and msg/reminder fields (at a minimum) and perhaps a date or date range, keyed by userid. You would create a maintenance program for this file to allow messages to be maintained then you could write a simple program to check (by userid) for any messages/reminders in this file that you would present (in a window, your right - sndmsg is too primitive!). You could then insert a call to this program in to your applications or even put it in the job scheduler at predetermined times.
Just an idea. Regards,
Rich
Phil Kestenbaum <pkestenbaum@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jay, Very interesting question. Can you program something on a terminal
id level basis. Perhaps the program that is called on the USerprofile
can provide a call to this pop up reminder program.
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Subject: i5 pop up window

For our green-screen users, is there a way to custom program (via rpgiv)
a way to have a window pop up on a users screen no matter what application

they are in that will provide reminder information to them. They should
be able to continue working in whatever they are working in, but see the
popup window. After a certain amount of time (or whatever condition), the
window will automatically disappear. We were even considering a simple clp with sndbrkmsg, but that would
really be a little too rough around the edges.

Is there a way or will 3rd party software be required?

Thanks,

Jay Vaughn
Senior I5 Programmer/Analyst
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