RE: displaying a blank subfile

You must have either no footer record or it has the OVERLAY keyword
specified.

On the control record, specify the ERASE(subfile).  This will fix your
problem.

Bradley V. Stone
bvstone@taylorcorp.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Prowak [SMTP:prowakd@emi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 9:38 AM
> To:   midrange list
> Subject:      displaying a blank subfile
> 
> Hi,
> In a subfile I have, I allow the entry of a "Position to ......   
> __________' field,
> similar to how SEU works.  When an entry is made that 
> positions the subfile beyond any recs in the file, such as a cust # of
> all
> 9's,
> I want to display a blank subfile.  So far I:
>       1: turn *ON SFLCLR
>       2: WRITE CTLREC
>       3: turn *OFF SFLCLR
>       4: since 0 recs were written to the subfile, SFLDSP is *OFF
>       5: SFLDSPCTL is always *ON
>       6: EXFMT SUBFILE
> This just displays the same subfile that was displayed before the
> "Position to" entry was processed.  I understand that SFLCLR doesn't
> actually clear the subfile, rather it just makes all the recs
> inactive.
> How do I get the subfile to appear blank?
> 
> TIA!
> Dave  
> 
> 
> 
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