I think I saw your actual objective, which basically put the barcode reader
as the main feeder to the message file shown in my example.  All is well; it
will work.  The problem you ran into is solved by the FCONTROL 45 which lets
the read wait despite eof=0.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Nolan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:34 AM
> To: Tracy Pierce
> Subject: RE: software interrupts
>
>
> Tracy,
>
> Thanks for the help. I am scratching my head and trying to
> figure a way out
> of this mess. You will see my reply to Mark on the list that
> has a longer
> explanation of what I am trying to do. Somehow in my 24 years
> of programming
> I always end up with the twisted bizarre programs and systems. I am
> beginning to feel like a black hole in programming sucking in
> all the weird
> stuff.
> Again thanks for the info every piece of information is useful and
> appreciated.
>
> Gary Nolan
> Sydney Steel Corporation
>
>