RE: Dynamic part on a standard menu -- MIDRANGE-L

Booth, I don't think that works, either, at least not for dynamic text at runtime. The +M() is a MSGCON, which is resolved at compile time. What is needed is a MSGID, which would be resolved at runtime - late binding.

Even normal indicators would probably not work with a DSPF-type, because you have no way to set them.

BTW, this isn't for me, but for Mike Wills, who asked the original question.

Interesting

Vern

At 05:35 PM 2/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:


Vern, I tried it too.  You're right.  External indicators won't cut it.  You
did say you'd accept a CL  program to get the menu.

Create 3 message files with the same message number but with your 3
different messages.

On your Menu SDA (Number 17 in PDM) put a +M (25) on the screen where you
want the message displayed.  It will prompt for the message file. library,
and MSG Number.

Write your CL to override the message file to the message file that holds
the message you want displayed.
 In PDM for the menu press F1 and  look for +M(nn).  It'll explain the
messages thing there.

I ran out of time to test this, and am worried that the message may be
snatched at compile time and therefore this solutiion may fail.  Still. it
looks ok


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-------Original Message-------

From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Friday, February 14, 2003 16:16:22
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Dynamic part on a standard menu

Booth, how do you do this? There's nowhere in the SDA opt 2 to condition a
constant. Putting * in front of a constant only gives display attributes
and colors. You can always put them into the raw source, but how do you
turn them on when you are not the app that's calling (using) the DSPF?

Also, I tried U1 in the conditioning indicator location - you can only have
01-99.

Regards

Vern

At 03:08 PM 2/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>menu constant fields can be conditioned by indicators. I could not find if
>allowed indicators include U-1 through U-8. If they are allowed then CL
>would be a good solution to set U-1 through U-3 for your problem?


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