AS/400 HELP
"SIGNON"
SIGNON ; Ever wanted to add a message to the sign-on
screen ?
SIGNON allows you enter and
maintain 5 lines of text that show on the system sign-on screen. You can
enter a different message for each unique date range.
SIGNON works with a copy of the
QDSIGNON screen. Written in RPGIV
and saved at V4R2.
PC INSTRUCTIONS:
Download "SIGNON” to your PC.
Go to a DOS session and enter the following;
FTP SYSTEM (system =
your AS/400’s name or IP address)
Enter a valid user id and password
CD QGPL
LCD C:\DIRECTORY (directory= the directory on your pc where you
downloaded “signon.savf”
QUOTE
SITE NAMEFMT 1
BIN
PUT
SIGNON.SAVF
QUOTE RCMD
RSTLIB SAVLIB(SIGNON) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/SIGNON)
Note: If there is a security problem restoring all
objects with the command above, sign on
to your as/400 as Qsecofr and run RSTLIB
from the command line.
AS/400 INSTRUCTIONS:
1 TIME ONLY COMMANDS TO
SET UP SIGNON
ADDLIBLE SIGNON
MOVOBJ
OBJ(SIGNON/SIGNONMF) OBJTYPE(*MSGF) TOLIB(QGPL)
MOVOBJ
OBJ(SIGNON/MYSIGNON) OBJTYPE(*FILE) TOLIB(QGPL)
NOTE the move to QGPL is done as QGPL is a fixture
on AS/400 and is usually saved.
CHGSBSD
SBSD(QINTER)
SGNDSPF(QGPL/MYSIGNON)
NOTE: YOU MUST END QINTER AND RESTART IT IN ORDER FOR THE NEW SIGN-ON
SCREEN TO TAKE AFFECT.
HINT: RUN THE COMMAND STRSDA Take
option 3.. enter
Display
File MYSIGNON
Library QGPL
Record to be
tested SIGNON press enter twice
You should see
what the new sign-on screen will look like.
If NOT go back and change the
sign-on screen back to QDSIGNON in QSYS
B E V E R
Y CAREFUL !
TO ADD / CHANGE
MESSAGES:
CALL SIGNONR1
TO APPLY CHANGES
TO MESSAGE(s):
CALL SIGNONR3
If you want the
new message to appear on a screen already in sign-on mode run the program
CALL SIGNONC1
This program
looks for all workstations in sign-on mode, varies them off and varies them on
again with the updated message. You can also
place this command in a nightly batch program.
Contact the author mailto:XLI@MIDSOUTH.RR.COM for $ource code.