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GCMDELXT Exit

This exit routine lets you change the way CA MIC selects action messages to be deleted. By using this exit routine, you can override the SETOPTION DELETEINTERVAL value for specific messages, causing them to be deleted either earlier or later than they would have been. The current value for the SETOPTION AUTODELETE controls which messages can be deleted by this exit routine.

Note: Since CA MIC does not automatically delete WTOR messages; this exit routine has no effect on them.

CA MIC typically deletes action messages according to a time period set on the SETOPTION DELETEINTERVAL command. By using the GCMDELXT exit routine, you can:

• Delete highlighted messages before they become obsolete
• Unconditionally retain critical action messages (such as tape mount messages) that should not be deleted automatically

CA MIC invokes the GCMDELXT routine approximately once a minute, which causes this exit routine to delete messages in two minutes of when a message is issued. If CA MIC invokes the routine after a message has been issued, then that message is deleted almost immediately.

You can use the GCMDELXT routine to examine (but not modify) some of the relevant data associated with a highlighted message. You can use the user data area provided in the parameter list to store information about a message between each invocation of this routine.