RE: Running a program with a display file in batch

Ricky,

Use the external indicator keyword on your F-spec.  Use an external indicator, 
U1 - U8, and make sure it's off when the program runs.  If you ever want to run 
it interactively just turn on the switch prior to the call.

Used in this context the external switch tells the program to only open the 
file if the switch is turned on.  If the switch is off the file is not opened 
and any file operations are ignored during processing.  No other code changes 
are necessary.

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ricky Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 3:27 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Running a program with a display file in batch


Can this be done?  We have a program someone modified to not ever display a
screen in the program.  They still update the fields and update the subfiles
but they changed it to never do a exfmt so that they could run it without
user intervention.  Now we need to be able to run this same program in
batch.  But it says:  CPF4103 Device *REQUESTER not found while opening file
xxxxxx.  Is there a way around this?  Can I make the program think it's
somehow running on a interactive display?


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