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in-progress flag that indicates that a user has entered a Fast Path transaction and no
output response has yet been delivered.
STSN status
STSN devices are those that use the
Set and Test Sequence Number instruction to
maintain accountability for input and output messages. Each time an input message
arrives from a STSN device, the input sequence number is increased. A similar function
exists for output messages. STSN devices include terminal defined to IMS (statically or
dynamically) as FINANCE, SLUTYPEP, LUTYPE6 (ISC). The recoverable information
consists of the input and output sequence numbers.
For each of these, the installation may choose whether or not to sa