Controls whether or not PMDF MAIL waits for a spawned application viewing process to terminate.

restrictions

Requires SYSPRV privilege to set information for users other than yourself; requires SYSPRV or SYSNAM privilege to show information about users other than yourself.

Syntax

SET APPLICATION_WAIT

SET NOAPPLICATION_WAIT

SHOW APPLICATION_WAIT

Qualifiers	Defaults
/ALL	/NOALL
/LOG	/NOLOG
/UIC="[g,m]"	None
/USER=username	None

Parameters

None.

Description

When PMDF MAIL displays a message part of type "application", a subprocess is created to display the message part. By default, PMDF MAIL will not wait for the subprocess to terminate, thus allowing you to continue reading your mail while the application is displayed.

Issue the command SET APPLICATION_WAIT to instruct PMDF MAIL to always wait for the viewing subprocess to terminate prior to continuing. Use the command SET NOAPPLICATION_WAIT to inhibit waiting on the subprocess.

Examples

To cause PMDF MAIL to display an application and then wait for the application viewer to finish, issue the command SET NOAPPLICATION_WAIT:

EMAIL> SET NOAPPLICATION_WAIT EMAIL> SHOW APPLICATION_WAIT Application display waiting is enabled. EMAIL>

This will prevent, for instance, cases where the application viewer's output becomes interspersed with output from PMDF MAIL on your terminal screen.