Re: Programs that didn't need to be written - ScreenSaver5250

Quite confused.  Not sure how INVITE would work as a screen saver.

I was never aware that OS400 disconnected inactive jobs.

INVITE is used with ACQ op-code for multiple device coding.  I rarely used MRT programs,
INVITE is used with UDDS to get input from the device, also rarely used.

From the manual
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INVITE (Invite) keyword for display files
Use this file- or record-level keyword to invite the device for a later read. To send an invite to a specific
device, your program sends an output operation to the device with the INVITE keyword in effect. If the
record format used has output-capable fields, the data is sent to the device before the device is invited.
This keyword has no parameters.
INVITE must be used if the display file can have multiple _acquired_ devices and your program does read
from invited devices operations.
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Frank

On 15/08/2022 11:41 am, Chris Pando wrote:

I use this program to keep the system from thinking my job is inactive, and
disconnecting me. A recursive implementation of quicksort, it uses the
INVITE keyword to update the screen every n seconds. It also uses a
Fisher-Yates shuffle, with the bindable procedure CEERAN0.

http://www.brilligware.com/cp1329.html

Chris Pando
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