Problem solved: Why is PowerHouse QUICK doing a SETMSG ON? (on MPE)

[Walter J. Murray]

Here's the resolution.  

The problem application had a QKGO file that had "Save function keys"
set to 'Y'.  

QUICK does a SETMSG OFF and switches to block mode to read the function
keys.  When it switches back to character mode, it does a SETMSG ON,
oblivious to the fact that I had previously done my own SETMSG OFF and
would prefer it to stay that way.

Changing the "Save function keys" setting in the QKGO file from 'Y' to
'N' solved my problem.  (I don't care that the function keys aren't
saved and restored, because the next step logs the user off anyway.)

Thanks to all who responded.  No one person had the complete answer, but
the clues were cumulative.  And I got to learn a little about QKGO
files.

Walter  


-----Original Message-----
From: Walter J. Murray [mailto:wmurray at surewest.net] 

Greetings,

I hope this isn't too dumb a question from this PowerHouse novice.

On MPE/iX, I have a logon UDC that does a SETMSG OFF, issues a bunch of
file equations, and then runs QUICK.  By the time QUICK finishes
displaying the first screen, it apparently has done a SETMSG ON.  Why,
and how do I prevent this?

I have another, very similar, application where the logon UDC also does
a SETMSG OFF, and it stays off.  That is, a SHOWJOB shows that the
session is in QUIET mode.  I haven't been able to discern what's
different between the two applications.

Thanks for your help.

Walter  

Walter J. Murray