Controls whether or not PMDF MAIL waits for a spawned image 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 IMAGE_WAIT

SET NOIMAGE_WAIT

SHOW IMAGE_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 "image", 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 image is displayed.

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

Examples

To cause PMDF MAIL to display an image and then wait until the image viewer is exited, issue the command SET NOIMAGE_WAIT:

EMAIL> SET NOIMAGE_WAIT EMAIL> SHOW IMAGE_WAIT Image display waiting is disabled. EMAIL>

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