Ron Hawkins wrote: >Not that I have written much automation code, but wouldn't it be simpler just to check for the characters "COMP" in the positions 1-4 of the message text, and then branch your automation code accordingly? There's nothing terribly inefficient in that.
Good reply, I agree with it, but the OP did not mentioned that the message have space reseverd for the hashes: Successfull transfer: 2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+- SVTM052I COMPLETED 00000000/SDE1707I Transfer going bad: 2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+- SVTM052I #### COMPLETED 00000008/SDE1708I Ron, perhaps you can review this column specific layout and amend your good reply? (Disclaimer, I have NEVER written automation code.) Perhaps parsing for these two strings 'SVTM052I COMPLETED' and 'SVTM052I #### COMPLETED' ? Of course, there are other replies which the OP can check too. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
