Re: Automatic Update of Display Window

Hi Ron,

Repeated WRITE's should do it, with no READ's or EXFMT's. Also, on the
CRTDSPF (or CHGDSPF after the fact), make sure you specify DFRWRT(*NO).

hth,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Falconberry, Ron G." <PGRGF@mail.directins.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: Automatic Update of Display Window


> Is there a way to display a window in an interactive job where the window
> data is automatically updated without the user having to press any keys?
>
> We have converted a submitted RPGLE program to run interactively.  To
> indicate to the user that the program is functioning and not just locked
up,
> I wanted to display a popup window which automatically displays some data
> from the transaction being currently processed.  When the program ends,
the
> window also closes and the previous screen is redisplayed.  Unfortunately,
> everything I have tried either forces the user to press Enter before the
> program continues or the program runs to completion without any window
being
> displayed at all.
>
> Is there a way to do this using a window - or even a regular screen - or
am
> I running down a dead-end street?  I am open to alternative ideas.
>
> Ron Falconberry
> pgrgf@mail.directins.com
> (615) 360-4527
>
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