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  • Subject: Re: Display-screen READ causes program to "hang"
  • From: email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:25:39 -0700
  • Organization: Progressive Data Systems, Inc.

Try the RTNDTA keyword.
The second READ will then read from the buffer and not wait for user
action.

HTH

as400mail@smtpmail.nationcredit.com wrote:
> 
<<snip>>
> 
> The problem I am having is that at the READ instruction, the program "hangs,"
> displays the screen record and essentially "waits" for further keyboard 
>response
> before continuing. 
<<snip>>
> 
> I imagine it has something to do with a DDS keyword, but I have tried all 
>kinds
> of keywords and combinations and have so far had no success with eliminating
> this problem!!!
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