Re: Programmatically locating, and allowing response to message causing job *MSGW

Dennis,

Maybe you could use a exit program? Found this on Infocenter:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/apis/XDEFAULT.htm


The Default Handling exit program provides a default message handling action
that can be used if the program to which an escape message is sent does not
monitor for the message. Additional information and an example are provided
in the CL Programming<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/rbam6/clpro.htm>topic.
A default handling program is defined to the system through the Add Message
Description (ADDMSGD) command and the Change Message Description (CHGMSGD)
command.

HTH,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
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On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Dennis Lovelady <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear.

This is a job that's overlooking other jobs. From this viewpoint, MONMSG
works for the other jobs, not for this one. Besides, sometimes the message
is a result of (for example) SNDUSRMSG or SNDMSG ... MSGQ(QSYSOPR)
MSGTYPE(*INQ) followed by RCVMSG.

Think WRKSBMJOB or WRKACTJOB. Each of these is able to respond to such
messages via option 7. That's what I want to emulate.

Dennis Lovelady
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Perhaps I'm over simplifying things, but have you explored MONMSG?


Warmest Regards,

Richard Reeve




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From: Dennis Lovelady <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, August 15, 2010 7:44:26 AM
Subject: Programmatically locating, and allowing response to message
causing job
*MSGW

A number of times I have run across a situation where I'd like to
programmatically identify the exact message that's causing a job to
wait for
reply. For example one of my current tasks emulates WRKSBMJOB, but
with
some special client-based processing. I have it working quite well,
and
we're all pleased, but the option to respond to whatever message is
causing
MSGW status eludes me.



I had the same issue with a WRKSPLF work alike and we finally abandoned
the
MSGW idea.



As administrator for some systems a few years ago, we also developed an
application that would sent out pager messages when certain conditions
occurred (such as same-old, same-old MSGW status), and we'd have liked
to be
able to send out the exact message that was awaiting response. For
that, we
pored through the job's SBMMSGQ until (if) we found it. But that's
horribly
inefficient and often unfruitful. Besides, we did not identify a
method
that allowed response other than good-ole DSPMSG from an interactive
job.



Since it has come up again, I'd like to see what others may have come
up
with for this sort of thing, if you can share.



Dennis E. Lovelady
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