RE: Changing roll value based on SFLFOLD/SFLDROP

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi William -

>I've attempted to use the SFLMODE keyword on the subfile
>control to determine if I'm in "fold" or "drop" mode with
>success, but when I try to set the SFLROLVAL keyword (I also
>have it hidden and protected), I get nowhere.  The affect
>of resetting the SFLROLVAL is "one screen too late", almost
>as if the read doesn't occur after I press me F-key to
>change the mode.

The problem is that when the F-key is pressed to change modes, control is
not returned to the program (unless the subfile is empty, in which case
there really isn't anything for the program to do).

What you need to do is to assign the F-key that the users use to fold/unfold
as a CF key.  Assign some other unused F-key as the SFLDROP/SFLFOLD F-key.
You don't want the users to ever actually press that key.

When a user presses the F-key that is now just a regular CF key, your
program will get control.  It can change the SFLROLVAL value.  It also will
need to turn a indicator on or off to toggle the mode of the subfile
manually.

Here is some DDS code:
     A                                      CF10
     A N55                                  SFLDROP(CF22)
     A  55                                  SFLFOLD(CF22)
     A                                      SFLMODE(&@MTRUNC)
       ...
     A            @MTRUNC        1   H

F10 is the key that the users press to change modes.  Since that is just a
regular F-key, the program gets control.  In the program, F10 is used to
toggle the value of @MTRUNC, then redisplay the subfile.  The section of
code that displays the subfile sets indicator 55 to the proper value based
on @MTRUNC.  In your case you would also set the SFLROLVAL at that point.

(If a user presses F22, the subfile toggles as normal without any other
change.  Since F22 won't be listed on the screen as a valid function key,
hopefully the users will never press it.)

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
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