Re: iSphere msg missing Reply box

Please enlighten me. I do not understand how that shall work:

"Is it possible the message is being replied-to automatically, (e.g. System Reply List, *DFT delivery on *MSGQ)?"

If there is a reply list entry, should't it be used by the system automatically?

Thomas.

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Von: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Brian Parkins
Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Januar 2017 14:57
An: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Clientfor System i & iSeries
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Is it possible the message is being replied-to automatically, (e.g. System Reply List, *DFT delivery on *MSGQ)?

Within the iSphere Messages subsystem, the message icon (envelope) has a small "?" indicating the message requires a reply. If the "?" is not present, it means the message has received a reply and the REPLY textbox will therefore not appear within iSERIES MESSAGE window.

(Just tried under as well Win10 - working fine for me.)

Brian.

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Taylor
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 9:06 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client forSystem i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere msg missing Reply box

I even tried to maximize the dialogue, but I still didn't get the reply textbox. The caption's always there, but the textbox itself is missing.



-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Parkins [mailto:goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 5:23 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Clientfor
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere msg missing Reply box

Works for me under Win 7, even when signed on to a 5250 session with the
MSGQ(*BREAK).

Right click the message (with the "?") > select MESSAGE DETAILS and the
iSERIES MESSAGE window appears. (Alternatively, just double-click the
message.) The REPLY field appears as the last item.

WARNING: I had to enlarge the iSERIES MESSAGE window to see the REPLY
field - it may be hidden. (There are no vertical/horizontal scroll bars to
suggest more information available.)

NOTE TO TOOLS/400 TEAM: Just a suggestion or two to enhance the iSphere
Messages subsystem.
- Change the title in the Message Details window from iSERIES MESSAGE to IBM
i MESSAGE
- Enable vertical/horizontal scrolling in the Message Details window
- Add an extra item to the subsystem context menu to SEND a message, maybe a
front-end to CALL QEZSNDMG? (I know we can prompt SNDMSG and SNDBRKMSG
commands within RDi, but a graphical interface similar to the old Access for
Windows System i Navigator SEND function would be very handy.)

Brian Parkins