Re: Display screen plus a window

Your suggestion is exactly what I am trying to do. However it didn't work.

Here's another thing I noticed that might not be relevant. Or, it might be.

When I use "17" to work on the dds source member, I can put a "12" on the window format and then an F9 which shows the screen as an additional format; it shows exactly as I want. However if I put the "12" on the screen format and then use F9 to add the window as an additional format, it says its added it but I can't see it.

This is not a major deal, but I am trying to make the screen look less primitive.


Simon Coulter wrote:

On 19/01/2008, at 8:45 AM, Booth Martin wrote:

I would like to display a screen for users to input data. Usually I
also put some instructions/directions on the screen too. New users like
it, and experienced users no longer see it. It has proved useful,

I was playing around a bit and decided I wanted to see what those
instructions would look like if they were surrounded with a pretty
border. I would like to write a window and then immediately exfmt a
full screen. I used the overlay keyword. The window does not display.
I couldn't even get the window to display as an additional window when I
used SDA to see if I could figure it out.


Am I having a brain flat, or is this really not a possibility?

Do you mean you WRITE the WINDOW-FORMAT then EXFMT the FULL-SCREEN- FORMAT? If so that's not going to work. You might be able to get what you want by:
WRITE FULL-SCREEN
WRITE WINDOW
READ FULL-SCREEN

Otherwise show us a small example (DDS and program code) of what you're trying to do. Possibly specifying USRDSPMGT on the window format may help but need to see the source to know.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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