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Matthew,

Here are some display file shells that show how a window can be used.
Code your window program like you would for a full screen program.

Basic Subfile shell

A                                      DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)   
A                                      PRINT                
A          R SFLRCD                    SFL                     
A                                      SFLNXTCHG               
A            SFOPTION       1A  B 13  4                        
A          R SFLCTLRCD                 SFLCTL(SFLRCD)         
A                                      SFLSIZ(0018)             
A                                      SFLPAG(0009)             
A                                      ROLLUP(27)
A                                      ROLLDOWN(26)
A                                      VLDCMDKEY(25)
A                                      OVERLAY      
A N81                                  SFLDSP       
A N82                                  SFLDSPCTL    
A  80                                  SFLCLR       
A  83                                  SFLEND(*MORE)
A            SFRRN          4S 0H      SFLRCDNBR(CURSOR)
A                                  1  2'Title line goes here'         
A          R SFLCMDKEYS
A                                      BLINK      
A                                      OVERLAY    
A                                 23  2'F3=Exit'
A***************************************************************** 
A* ERROR MESSAGE SUBFILE                                           
A***************************************************************** 
A          R SFLMSGRCD                 SFL                         
A                                      SFLMSGRCD(24)               
A            @AAMKY                    SFLMSGKEY                   
A            PGNMANE                   SFLPGMQ                     
A*****************************************************
A* ERROR MESSAGE SUBFILE CONTROL                      
A*****************************************************
A          R SFLMSGCTL                 SFLCTL(SFLMSGRCD)
A                                      OVERLAY        
A  88                                  SFLDSP         
A  88                                  SFLINZ         
A  88                                  SFLEND         
A                                      SFLSIZ(0002)   
A                                      SFLPAG(0001)   
A            PGMNAME                   SFLPGMQ(10)    

Sample window shell

A                                      DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)   
A                                      PRINT                
A                                      ERRSFL               
A          R RECORDA                                             
A                                      WINDOW(WINSHELL)           
A                                      OVERLAY             
A            TITLELINE      42A  O  1  1TEXT('Window title') 
A            CMDLINE                9  1TEXT('F3=Exit') 
A***************************************************
A* ERROR MESSAGE SUBFILE                            
A***************************************************
A*                                                  
A          R ERRSFLRCD                 SFL         
A                                      SFLMSGRCD(10)
A            @AAMKY                    SFLMSGKEY    
A            PGMNAME                   SFLPGMQ(10)  
A******************************************************
A* Error Message subfile control
A******************************************************
A*                                                     
A          R ERRSFLCTL                 SFLCTL(ERRSFLRCD) 
A                                      BLINK           
A                                      OVERLAY         
A  88                                  SFLDSP          
A  88                                  SFLINZ          
A  88                                  SFLEND          
A                                      SFLSIZ(0002)    
A                                      SFLPAG(0001)    
A                                      WINDOW(WINSHELL)
A  81                                  USRRSTDSP       
A            PGMNAME                   SFLPGMQ(10)    
A*******************************************************
A*  Window definition
A*******************************************************
A          R WINSHELL
A
A                                      OVERLAY                          
A                                      WINDOW(1 6 11 42)                
A                                      WDWBORDER((*DSPATR RI) (*CHAR
'...:-
A                                      ::.:'))                          
A*****************************************************************
A* Dummy format for Window keywords                     *   
A*****************************************************************   
A*                                                                   
A          R DUMMYFMT                                                
A                                      OVERLAY                       
A                                      KEEP                          
A                                      ASSUME                        
A                                 22 27'(No records to be displayed)'

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Gross
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:20 AM
To: Post AS-400 System Questions
Subject: Window SFL Question


How can I overlay a screen with a window subfile and retain that
underlying display?
 
TIA,
 
Matt
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