Hi all,

Here is output from the same simple job with various HPMSGFENCE values:

(Please see my earlier email regarding the new definition of hpmsgfence)

job 1:
-----
 JOB JOBTST,MANAGER.SYS,PUB.
 Priority = DS; HIPRI; Time = UNLIMITED seconds.
 :showvar hpmsgfence
 HPMSGFENCE = 0
 :if true then
 *** EXPRESSION TRUE
 :   echo 1
 1
 :else
 *** COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ENDIF
 :   echo 2
 :endif
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
 :if false then
 *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
 /ENDIF
 :   echo 1
 :else
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
 :   echo 2
 2
 :endif
 :if false then
 *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
 /ENDIF
 :   echo 1
 :elseif true then
 *** EXPRESSION TRUE
 :   echo 2
 2
 :else
 *** COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ENDIF
 :   echo 3
 :endif
.....

job 2:
-----
 JOB JOBTST,MANAGER.SYS,PUB.
 Priority = DS; HIPRI; Time = UNLIMITED seconds.
 :showvar hpmsgfence
 HPMSGFENCE = 8
 :if true then
 *** EXPRESSION TRUE
 :   echo 1
 1
 :else
 *** COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ENDIF
 endif
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
 :if false then
 *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
 /ENDIF
 else
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
 :   echo 2
 2
 :endif
 :if false then
 *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
 /ENDIF
 elseif true then
 *** EXPRESSION TRUE
 :   echo 2
 2
 :else
 *** COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ENDIF
 endif
 *** RESUME EXECUTION OF COMMANDS
.....

job 3:
------
 JOB JOBTST,MANAGER.SYS,PUB.
 Priority = DS; HIPRI; Time = UNLIMITED seconds.
 :showvar hpmsgfence
 HPMSGFENCE = 16
 :if true then
 :   echo 1
 1
 :else
 endif
 :if false then
 else
 :   echo 2
 2
 :endif
 :if false then
 elseif true then
 :   echo 2
 2
 :else
 endif
.....



Will this work for those of you who mentioned the need??

thanks,
Jeff Vance, CSY

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