Chris, Ty I am using Extact but that gives me and idea, Ty a lot, appreciated
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Chris Craddock <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott ford said >> I am in the process of writing a CEEBXITA application specific exit. I >> currently have a >> LE Cobol 4.2 STC and we process items in storage and/ or could have file >> open. What I am trying to do is gain control or intercept the operator >> issuing a mvs cancel command against the STC. >> If they do that and if my eyes and brain are in sync, I should be able to >> intercept it with this exit. >> Is my thinking correct ? If not please tell me where my thinking is >> incorrect , it would e much appreciated. > > If the STC is your own there is no need to intercept anything, you are free > to use the STOP/MODIFY interface. Basically you need to have a task that > waits on the STOP/MODIFY ECB and takes appropriate actions when posted. See > the EXTRACT and QEDIT macros. You can even use WTO to return information that > will be displayed as the reply to the command. > It remains an exercise for the reader to arrange for the application tasks > running within the STC to do something sensible when posted with a command, > or told to stop. > CC
