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>why are you using CHAIN instead of READC?  If you
>initialize your subfile with SFLINZ and SFLRNA
>(records not active), then only records keyed into
>by the user will be returned from READC, even if
>they page 20 times and key into the 21st page.
>all other records will be 'unchanged' and
>thus, not read

For the archives... I cannot speak for Scott, but if the application is some
sort of 'notepad' and the user wants a blank line but doesn't type in it
(i.e. uses a cursor key to move over it) then READC will essentially
compress out the blank lines - exactly as you describe.
  --buck


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