Re: Empty subfile error message

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don

At 01:19 PM 12/3/1997 -0400, you wrote:
>All --
>
>If you display an empty subfile, you get an error and the program bombs.
>
>There is a technique where you write one record to the subfile then
immediately
>clear the subfile. This prevents the error.
>
>But; isn't there a more elegant way to avoid this error. If I mismember
>correctly, there's a keyword you can use. It's been over two years ...

There are probably other ways, but I've always used a kind of preload to
see if there are any records to display. Then the SFLDSP indicator gets
turned on/off, depending.

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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