The Cobwebb Job Launcher Monitor [JOBLMON] allows you to launch a user-defined program in the CPPD subsystem - from version 6.2.70.

When the Job Launcher Monitor is running the specified Job Launcher is monitored at a frequency defined by the Polling interval. For each "On-line" entry found it will call the call the program specified using the supplied Job Description. You may create your own Job Launcher program, please see Creating a bespoke Job launcher program for details, or you ask Cobwebb to create one for you.

You need to create a Job Launcher entry for each program you wish to call using the Cobwebb Job Launcher Monitor.  This can be found from the Cobwebb Main Menu - PPD File Maintenance - Option 12.

Type in your choices and then press Enter, this will take you to a second screen. Highlighted entries are those that are Online those in red have an invalid folder specified. Each Online entry will be monitored when you next start the CPPD Subsystem.

Note: If you change any information here then you will need to Stop and Restart the CPPD subsystem for the changes to take effect.

Position to

Enter one or more characters of the Launcher Name from which to start the display.

Options

Select one of the following options:

Entries

Launcher Name

Specify a unique name for your Job Launcher entry. This will be used as the name of the Job running in the CPPD Subsystem when it is active.

Description

Enter a description for your Job Launcher entry.

Launcher Type

This is the Type of Job Launcher selected. If you have chosen to use a bespoke Parameter Maintenance program then this will be blank.

Status

This entry displays the status of the entry. Online means that this job will be launched when the CPPD Subsystem is started; Offline entries will not be launched.

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