Batch mode session

A QMF batch mode session runs in a noninteractive session on all environments supported in QMF. You can start QMF and prevent screen display by specifying batch mode (DSQSMODE=BATCH), which is the default. You must specify an initial procedure using DSQSRUN when using DSQQMFE; however, when using the callable interface, you do not have to specify an initial procedure.

During the batch QMF session, the initial procedure can issue an END command, or it can start an application that issues an END command. The results are like those for an interactive session without an initial procedure. The END command:

• Makes the Home panel the current panel if any other panel is the current panel.
• Marks the session for termination if the current panel is the Home panel.

If issued by the initial procedure, the END command terminates the session immediately. If issued in an application, the session ends whenever the application issues the QMF EXIT command.

During the session no interaction is allowed. Therefore, the session cannot begin a new session.