RE: Local Data Area question

[Winchester Terry <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bullerman,Arlene [mailto:abullerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:23 PM
> To: COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400
> Subject: RE: Local Data Area question
> 
> 
> My co-worker and I just had this same conversation.  So, you 
> haven't had any luck getting around the 'screen file' issue?  
> Is it possible to 'attach' the screen file to a dummy device 
> and then let it run? 

Nope.  The way I understand things is that you must either
acquire a physical device -or- already be connected to a
workstation.  

You might be able to compile the program with some sort
of "dummy device" and use an OVRDSPF but it won't execute.

I think it may have to do with the system code thats linked 
into the program object - which is probably using the DSM 
API's to connect to a physical device. This is all speculation
since I'm not part of the Cobol compiler team ;-)

Again, if a solution to the interactive tax was this *simple*
then IBM and all those other vendors would be in deep kimshee ;-)

If you find a solution to this you'd be a hero in the AS/400
world and could write your own ticket :)

Terry