Re: Cursor position in subfile

["Patrick Archibald" <patrick.archibald@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris

Does the following link help?

http://patrickarchibald.com/displayCobol400Cursor.do

It shows how to pragmatically control the cursor position.

Thanx, PLA


On 10/30/07, Chris Chambers <chrisc00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've read the manual on this one and was hoping for some erudite
> discussion
> from people who have also had the similar problem or know for sure that it
> cannot be achieved.
>
> I'm talking specifically about the positioning of the cursor when the user
> is paging thru the subfile and control has not been passed back to the
> program. SFLRCDNBR is in the subfile control record and this is only
> changed
> when the user hands back control to the program by hitting enter.
>
> How can we take advantage of the helpful features of the subfile
> (scrolling
> without troubling the program) and yet ensure that the subfile itself can
> always position the cursor at the 1st row on the screen (or can't it ?)
>
>
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