C$MONITOR

C$MONITOR

The C$MONITOR library routine returns information about the available monitors.

Syntax

CALL "C$MONITOR" USING opCode

parameters

GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

opCode	Function to be executed. Valid values, defined in iscobol.def.
	get-no-monitor	Returns the number of available monitors
	get-monitor-info	Returns information about a given monitor
parameter1	Parameters depend on the opcode.

Return code

returnCode can be any signed numeric data item. The meaning depends on the opcode.

Examples:

Example - Retrieve how many monitors are available

working-storage section.

copy "iscobol.def".

77 monitor-count pic 99.

77 main-index pic 99.

procedure division.

main.

call "c$monitor" using cmonitor-get-no-monitor

monitor-count, main-index.

display "there are " monitor-count " monitors available".

display "the default monitor is number " main-index.