Redirecting workstation IO

[peteh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pete Hall)]

>> Is anyone aware of a technique to override a workstation file in an
RPG program to another type of file? <<

David,

There is a LOT of similarity between display and ICF files. Maybe APPC
is worth a look. There is some additional complexity in making the
connection, but not really a lot from the viewpoint of RPG. You might
also be able to use data queues to talk back and forth. You'd need to
parse the data stream yourself, but that could be done with a data
structure, so should be no big deal. It is possible to override one type
of file to another. I've overridden physical files to save, tape and
diskette files at one time or another. I'm not sure what is allowed re.
display files. It doesn't seem unreasonable that a physical file would
work, but I don't know.

hth
Pete


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