Re: subfile processing: SFLSIZ=SFLPAG (was: readc & sflnxtchg)

Hello Wynn,

Well, the things one learns!  I shall play with this.  I think there would be 
limited situations where the 
user interaction outweighs coding effort but it is a useful tool to add to bag 
of tricks.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.2 (32)
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 99 17:52:22 -0500
> From: "Wynn Osborne" <wynn@praxis.net>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: subfile processing: SFLSIZ=SFLPAG (was: readc & sflnxtchg)

> 
> Simon wrote:
> >Can you explain this a bit more?  I don't understand the comments about
> field selection.  I am fairly sure 
> >fields in a subfile record cannot be conditioned.  So do you mean each SFL
> record is really a single field 
> >which is formatted programmatically?
> 
> If SFLSIZ=SFLSIZ, you can condition fields. So, in the example I originally
> posted, a PO's by vendor inquiry, one could have a subfile like this (I
> hope the indenting works):
> 
> 
> Mr. Vendor, 123 Somewhere Ave, KS
> YTD Purchases: $25000
>  PO 12345-1 CAT# 56789001 ORD QTY 100
>    QTY  10 DUE 1/1/99
>      QTY 5 RCVD 1/1/99
>      QTY 5 RCVD 1/2/99
>    QTY  10 DUE 2/1/99
>    QTY  80 DUE 4/1/99
>                              ...more
> 
> Line 1 & 2 could be conditioned by *in50
> Line 3 could be conditioned by *in51
> Line 4,7,8 could be conditioned by *in52
> Line 5,6 could be conditioned by *in53
> 
> Notice that line 1 occupies two lines on the screen.
> 
> As I said, populating such a subfile is tricky...paging is even more
> difficult. I was curious how some on the list handle these things.
> 
> I find them very useful. The screen can be transformed into something more
> user friendly...of course that is just my opinion.
> 
> Take care,
> Wynn
> 
> Sen P/A

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