Re: subfile?

Can't you count to 9999 as you load subfile and kick off subfile clear when
reached(saving 9999 record key and settgt key) then run load subfile from
there then exfmt display?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Terry@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: subfile?


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> >I guess I shouldn't have said the Subfile contains more than 9999
> >records.  The file does and so I need to be able to handle that.   Well
> >anyway, it appears I can't do this with a page at a time subfile and
> >will have to go another route.
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> Mike,
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> Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater...
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> If I were sitting down to write this, I would make SFLSIZ = SFLPAG + 1
> (expanding).  Then you can use the SFLFOLD/SFLDROP keywords. Just because
> there are over 9999 records in the file doesn't mean that the subfile ever
> has to get that large.  I sincerely doubt that a user would page down over
> 500 times (@ 20 recs/page) to get at the info they need. (But I guess it's
> possible.)
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> I would instead give them the ability to position the subfile start record
> to any database key they may want, and perhaps provide a filter so they
> don't see records they don't want to.
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> If you think they will ever create a 9999-record subfile by paging, then
> test the RRN of the subfile and pop up a window when it's reached telling
> them they need to reposition their starting key.
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> Terry Richardson
> Vermont Information Processing, Inc.
> terry@xxxxxxxxxx
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