Re: RPG Monitor, but for COBOL

It depends on what you want to do and why.

COBOL really doesn't have an exact equivalent to MONITOR. At least not without a lot of set handler (MONITOR) clear handler (ENDMON) operations.

As others have noted the ILE CEExxxx routines can be used but COBOL also has its own mechanism that basically allows you to programmatically respond to error messages. This involves the use of the QlnSetCobolErrorHandler family of APIs. This API and its use are described here https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/apis/QLNSETCE.htm <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_73/apis/QLNSETCE.htm>. You may find this to be a simpler option as it is COBOL specific. Typically it is used to programatically respond to error messages.

There is also an equivalent for OPM COBOL as well.


Jon Paris

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On May 31, 2019, at 8:06 AM, Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I know this is the RPG list but hoping there are some RPG'rs with some
COBOL knowledge as well (I'm sure there are)

I'm simply looking for a MONITOR equivalent for COBOL.

In some of our rpg pgms we do the following in the mainline...

monitor;
process();
on-error;
dump(a);
send DumpEmail();
endpgm();
endmon;

I simply want to implement the same mainline monitoring strategy in COBOL
but not sure if the capability exists.
Can anyone advise?

Couldn't find much of use via Google.
This link is probably about the best reference... but hoping of a working
example if anyone has done something similar before?
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzase/errhnd.htm

tia

jay
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