# tibemsConnection_Start

Function

## Purpose

Start delivering inbound messages.

## C Declaration

    tibems_status tibemsConnection_Start(
        tibemsConnection connection );

## COBOL Call

    CALL "tibemsConnection_Start"
         USING BY VALUE connection,
               RETURNING tibems-status
    END-CALL.

Note: `connection` has usage pointer.

## Parameters

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
`connection` | Start delivering inbound messages on this connection.

## Remarks

When a connection is created, it is stopped. It does not deliver inbound messages until the program calls this function to explicitly start it.

If the connection is not stopped, this call has no effect.

Outbound messages flow even before calling start.

## See Also

`tibemsConnection_Stop`

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