RE: Invoking a program which is not in the existing application.

Dave,
I need a single program to be called for all numeric fields but how is that
I can pass the values in any program(on which the function key is pressed)
be passed into the ATTN program which I will be writing now?
Ravi.

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> From: david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com [SMTP:david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 5:57 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Invoking a program which is not in the existing
> application.
> 
> Rowthu Ravichandra <Rowthu.Ravichandra@metamorgs.com> wrote:
> 
> >Whenever a function key(which is not defined in the above
> >application) on any valid numeric field of a display file is
> >pressed, a different program(which is not in the above
> >application) should be called.
> >
> >Can I do this without touching the existing code??
> 
> Using the SETATNPGM command you can assign a program to be called
> automatically whenever the attention key is pressed. This is not an exact
> match for your requirement, but it may do. I'm not clear whether you want
> a
> single program to be called for all numeric fields or a different program
> for each field, in which case that attention key solution will not help.
> 
> Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.
> 
> 
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