Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-31 Thread Kris Buelens
And, there is a bug: if you specify IUCV *MSG MSGLIMIT 30, the actual limit becomes X'3xxx', that is: a very large number. When specifying 300, then 300 is the limit indeed From Ch. 16 (*MSG) of the CP Programming Services book: "The Message system service uses the IUCV default value of 255 fo

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-31 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 03/30/2007 at 10:54 ZE2, Shimon Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I tested this years ago when we encountered problems with messages that > > seemed to get lost > > > But is it documented? > Things from 'years ago' sometimes change with no > announcement when they are undocum

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-30 Thread Huegel, Thomas
Chuckie is such a tease ... stay tuned details at 11:00 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:57 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs On Friday, 03/30/2007 at

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-30 Thread Alan Altmark
On Friday, 03/30/2007 at 01:14 ZE3, Kris Buelens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the past, Ross Fried's QIUCV EXEC displayed the number of queued message > correctly, > > now in z/VM 5.2, it displays 0. This QIUCV EXEC needs some additional fixes. > > QIUCV still displayes the number of que

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-30 Thread Colleen Brown
EDU cc Subject Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs > In the past, Ross Fried's QIUCV EXEC displayed the number of queued message correctly, > now in z/VM 5.2, it displays 0. This QIUCV EXEC needs some additional fixes. QIUCV still displayes the number of queued lines when running QIUCV

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-30 Thread Kris Buelens
In the past, Ross Fried's QIUCV EXEC displayed the number of queued message correctly, now in z/VM 5.2, it displays 0. This QIUCV EXEC needs some additional fixes. QIUCV still displayes the number of queued lines when running QIUCV SYSTEM instead of QIUCV userA -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium,

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-30 Thread Kris Buelens
Yes, it still is: User A: start REXXTRY (or simething similar), issue 'WAKEUP (IUCVMSG' User B: from another user, send a message to the first one; User A: WAKEUP will end with RC5 and you sit in VM READ User B: From the other user, send 270 numbered messages User A: no messages displayed, WAKEUP

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
> > I tested this years ago when we encountered problems with messages that > seemed to get lost > But is it documented? Things from 'years ago' sometimes change with no announcement when they are undocumented internals. I am not arguing with you, I myself have no vague idea, just wondering if

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Kris Buelens
discarded may include something important. Regards, Richard Schuh -- *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Kris Buelens *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:08 PM *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Subject:* Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping M

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
include something important. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Buelens Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:08 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs Why did

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Kris Buelens
Why did nobody mention WAKEUP? Not the same as TERM HOLD OFF: the messages will be eaten by WAKEUP and be displayed afterwards. WAKEUP +0 (IUCVMSG ... perform the work start a REXX EXEC that basically performs: do forever 'WAKEUP +0 (IUCVMSG' if rc=2 then leave pars

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Neale Ferguson
One thing I don't like about NOTERM is that output from the "virtual HMC" (i.e. messages generated by SERVC instruction) ignores the NOTERM option and appears on the console. On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 10:19 -0700, Schuh, Richard wrote: > Yes, there is the NOTERM option. Yet another way would be to sim

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
Lebowitz Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:09 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs I believe there is also SPOOL CON NOTERM (but I haven't used it in ages). Shimon > Would not the combination of > > SPOOL CONS * START > TERM MORE 0 0 > TERM HO

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Shimon Lebowitz
; > -Original Message- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ian S. Worthington > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:59 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs > > There used to be a VMTOOLS package

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Harding, Mike
ch 29, 2007 9:59 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs There used to be a VMTOOLS package called MSGTRAP which could be called before a long-running program to ensure that any incoming messages neither put the console into HOLDING status nor where lost (they could be display

Re: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Schuh, Richard
, March 29, 2007 9:59 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs There used to be a VMTOOLS package called MSGTRAP which could be called before a long-running program to ensure that any incoming messages neither put the console into HOLDING status nor where lost (they could be

MSGTRAP/Trapping MSGs

2007-03-29 Thread Ian S. Worthington
There used to be a VMTOOLS package called MSGTRAP which could be called before a long-running program to ensure that any incoming messages neither put the console into HOLDING status nor where lost (they could be displayed on completion). It looks like this sadly never made it to the public reposi