VAM file

[Cummings, Ken P.]

I am on an HP3000 running PH 7.29 under MPE/X.

I have a VAM file (MPE "message" file) that I want to read from a QUIZ
program.  Currently, a COBOL program accesses this VAM file and prints order
acknowledgements. The VAM file is always being accessed by around 40
processes which write to it concurrently, and the COBOL background process
runs during the day printing order acknowledgement as they hit this file.
Because the file is a VAM file, as soon as the record is read by the COBOL
program, the record is automatically deleted from the file.

I rewriting the COBOL Order Acknowledgement print program in QUIZ.  My
question is, can I define this VAM file in my PDL so that I can access it
from QUIZ directly?  If so, what ORGANIZATION and TYPE would I define it as?

Thanks in advance.
Ken.



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          Ken Cummings
          Senior Consultant
          VersaComp Systems Inc.
          cummingsk@versacomp.com
          kpcummin@gapac.com
          404-652-6250

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