RE: Dynamically change the output text on Sign-on screen

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Take a look at the WRDWRAP keyword - can be specified at file, record, or 
field level. i don't think it can be done in SDA, however - could not find 
it at V5R1 - another example of the tools not keeping up - oh, that's right 
we're not supposed to use SDA, are we?   Oy!

The Application Display Programming manual has important usage info on this 
keyword. Get it at InfoCenter.

At 06:04 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote:
> midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >   3. RE: Dynamically change the output text on Sign-on screen
> >      (ganeshkumar.murugesan@xxxxxxxxx)
> >
> >But how do I attach the message file to the display file ??
>
> Ganesh:
>
> This reply might take some testing before it makes full sense. You might 
> need to see it work...
>
> The link to the IBM document previously provided will tell you all of the 
> information needed to get this done. I use a technique that is a variation 
> of that. The lines that I insert into the signon display file DDS look 
> generally like this:
>
>   A            COPYRIGHT     40A  O 24 40DSPATR(HI)
>   A            UBUFFER      128A  H
>   A            MSGLINE      640A  O 12  1MSGID(usr 0001 mylib/mymsgf)
>
> Notice that the MSGLINE is defined as being 640 characters long. In this 
> case, that means that a full eight lines of the display are used. If more 
> lines are needed, the size can be increased as much as needed as long as 
> other fields on the display are not interfered with.
>
> IBM's example required a separate message identifier for each line on the 
> display. This example uses a single msgid for all of those lines.
>
> The "trick" is in how the message description is added to the message file.
>
> In this example, the msgid is USR0001 and you would add it to message file 
> MYLIB/MYMSGF. When adding a msgid to a msgf, you can have first-level and 
> second-level text. Normally _only_ the first-level text gets placed in a 
> display file MSGID() field.
>
> However, if you set the first-level text to be the same as the msgid, then 
> the second-level text will be used instead. Example:
>
>  ==> addmsgd  msgid( USR0001 ) +
>                 msgf( mylib/mymsgf ) +
>                 msg( USR0001 ) +
>                 seclvl( 'Here is some long message that can go on and on 
> and on and on and on ....
>
> The rest of the "trick" is in testing how the second-level text appears on 
> the display so that you insert blanks in the right places. I haven't found 
> any way to cause auto-word-wrap.
>
> Tom Liotta
>
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