Re: Display screen in a program, not in batch.

In a message dated Thursday, 5 April 2001 11:36, booth@martinvt.com 
[mailto:booth@martinvt.com] writes:

> I've written an RPGIV program that uses a display file to get information 
> if the information is missing from a record.
> In one circumstance I wish to schedule the job to run in batch at night. I 
> have already ensured the information is not missing, so the display file 
> will not be needed.   However the batch job fails anyway.
> Is that what is supposed to happen, or is there another error I am not 
>  finding?
> Is there a way to resolve this issue without writing a second identical 
>  program sans display?

The program fails because it tries to open the display file upon startup.  The
easiest way to fix this is to put the display file under user control (UC in 
position 71-72 for RPG III, UsrOpn keyword for RPG IV) and then explicitly
OPEN the display file just before using.  This will still fail in batch if the
OPEN ever executes, so you might want to consider having the calling
CL pass a parameter indicating whether the environment is batch or
interactive and don't do the OPEN if batch. (RtvJobA  TYPE(&Type) - 
0 = Batch, 1 = Interactive)
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