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vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

Hi,

I am getting the following message while browsing a dataset"Use ATTN to terminate Function", here what is the ATTN key used to terminate the browsing in the middle.

REQUESTED FUNCTION IN PROGRESS:

Records READ ------> 23832

STILL PROCESSING...

satheeshs · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:55 am Post subject:

it is probably retrieving data from the tape.

i think pressing shift+Esc is the attention key. i am not sure.

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vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

satheesh,
I use shift+Esc to change sessions. But how to terminate the process..if its taking long time.Is there anyway to do that in backgroud.I know Hrecall...is there any other option.
"Use ATTN to terminate Function",

kolusu · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject:

vak255,

Try CTRL+SHIFT+A and see if it works. If you are using RUMBA or EXTRA , then you look up the Keyboard manager and see how ATTN is mapped. Keyboard Manager is a ICON at the top of the screen where you have connect/disconnect and other file transmission icons.

Hope this helps...

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Bill Dennis · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:30 am Post subject:

In my PComm emulator, the ESC key by itself is ATTN.
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vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

Hi Kolusu,

I use EXTRA and I ATTN is not mapped. when I mapped to key 'A' and when I pressed Key 'A' then its switching sessions, like shift + esc key.

But I like to know how to terminate a task i.e when its taking long time to browse.....

semigeezer · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:10 am Post subject:

OK... I'll bite... Even if you figure out how to use your emulator to assign ATTN to a key, you haven't given any useful information about the application you are trying to interrupt. Is this a TSO application running under ISPF? Rexx? Assembler? A CICS application? IMS? I guess we can assume it is a 3270 application, but all these environments behave differently. Do you know that the applicatoin is written to be interruptable? It may be that you can not interrupt it from the keyboard but would need to kill the transaction/userid/whatever.

vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

what I am trying to do is just getting a particular account using fileaid and the screenshot below clearly shows that 'STILL PROCESSING' . In the middle of the process , i want to terminate this.....as the file is large and its taking very long time to terminate.

deepatred · Beginner Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 19 Topics: 6

This operation gets terminated using ATTN key, for me it's shift + esc. May be there is something wrong with ur ATTN key mapping.

Otherwise why don't you terminate ur session by using command
TSO CANCEL TSOXXXX (TSOXXXX is ur tso id) from some other TSO users terminal.

Regards

sriramla · Beginner Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 74 Topics: 1

Vak255,
I know the problem you are facing. I've faced this myself once. If I understand this correctly, this is what is happening:
1. You are in File Aid and the browse/edit selection takes long time. File Aid says "use ATTN to terminate function".
2. You have already mapped ATTN key to one of your favorite keys of keyboard. So you press the mapped ATTN key.
3. But nothing happens or you are swithed to another session instead terminating the current process.

The reason is that when you press ATTN key, your emulator first receives the key and processes it without sending it to TSO. By default ATTN key is used to switch sessions by your emulator. Firt you change this emulator behaviour and make sure it simply passes the key to TSO as is. Then try. It should work.