Administrator Tip: How to send inquiry messages and get replies

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   January 07, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  Linoma Software: Extract, Convert, ZIP, Encrypt, Copy, FTP and E-mail with Linoma!  Today's Highlights   >>  FEATURED TIP:  How to send inquiry messages and get replies >>  TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED:  More tips, advice on sending inquiry messages >>  SEARCH400.COM TIP CONTEST:  December winners announced  Tips   FEATURED TIP How to send inquiry messages and get replies Few things are more frustrating than having to code an entire display file just to ask a user a quick question and get a reply. There is a better -- and easier -- way. Messaging. In this tip, Ron Turull shows you how to take advantage of inquiry messaging on the iSeries by creating impromptu messages with APIs and command or RPG. Give it a try and see how much faster your inquiry and response times can be. >>View Complete Tip SPONSORED BY: Linoma Software Extract, Convert, ZIP, Encrypt, Copy, FTP and E-mail with Linoma! Transfer Anywhere is a platform-independent solution for automating and simplifying data extraction, conversion (i.e. Excel), compression, encryption and distribution. Supports most databases, including DB2/400, SQL Server, Informix and Oracle. Open PGP encryption included. For a fully functional FREE trial, contact Linoma Software. More information  Technical Questions Answered   Message break-handling program helps you monitor inquiry messages Search400.com member Bill Greenlee says it's tedious to enter DSPMSG repeatedly to check messages, and it's inconvenient to have work interrupted in *BREAK mode for every 'Job completed...' message. But you don't want inquiry messages sitting without response for long periods. What can you do? Try this break-handling program that manages incoming messages according to the kind of message that's received. Issue interactive status messages in a CL program Although the Send Program Message (SNDPGMMSG) command serves many useful purposes, one you may not have considered is using SNDPGMMSG to send a status message for update purposes from an interactive CL program to the bottom (line 24) of an interactive green-screen display. This technique is particularly valuable when you're calling a long-running job -- such as a customized CL backup program -- that must be run interactively from the system console. Problem when using SNDPGMMSG One user says for no apparent reason, the status messages that usually appear in the bottom of the screen have stopped displaying. Site expert John Brandt has in idea what might be going on. Sending a message to a user profile This user can send a reversed image error message to line 24 using SNDPGMMSG, but what he wants to do is send the message to a user profile. How can he do that? Site expert John Brandt has some advice.  Announcements & Links   SEARCH400.COM TIPS CONTEST December winners announced Drum roll please.... You've been waiting patiently, and the results are finally in... The top winner for Search400.com's Tips Contest for December is Dennis Cote. Dennis won a 128MB Amoeba MP3 Player & Voice Recorder and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: Get up to speed on the restore/display journal receiver command Congratulations also to our runner-up winners: Jean-Marie Sauvageot , Tri Yanto and Eitan Rosenberg. View all winning tips in Search400.com's Hall of Fame. >>  Send in your tip today >>  View all winning tips in Search400.com's Hall of Fame EXPERT PROFILE Rich Belles, systems management expert Richard's data processing career has spanned more than 30 years. He grew up with the midrange IBM computer line from the IBM 1401 through the iSeries 400. Intermingled therein included PCs, communications and some experience with IBM mainframe hardware and software. Richard has worked in all capacities -- from operations to data processing management. He has worked with the iSeries 400 since its appearance in 1988, specifically in the areas of systems administration, technical support and systems management. Richard currently works as an iSeries System Manager at Sysco. In addition, he is an IBM Certified iSeries 400 Technical Specialist and an IBM Certified iSeries 400 Education Specialist. 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