Re: 5250 data stream issue

["Martin Rowe" <dbg400.net@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/04/2008, James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Consider the following situation:
>
>  We have program "M" calling program "S," which puts up a display file
>  page requesting parameters for a multi-record operation.
>
>  Program "S" collects the parameters, puts up a "display-only" version of
>  the page, and returns to "M," leaving that page up on the terminal screen.
>
>  Program "M" then runs through every record of the file, performing the
>  operation requested through "S," which doesn't get called again. It
>  doesn't put up a display page of its own until the operation completes.
>
>  (For the QuestView users out there, I've just described QuestView Search
>  & Replace.)
>
>  Is there a way for "M" to update a message line on the page that "S"
>  left on the terminal screen, without "S" having to be called, and
>  without "M" having to rewrite the entire page?

Hi James

I *think* I understand what you're after, and if so I do some very
similar processing. I wrote a progress bar that uses *STATUS messages
sent from the program doing the database I/O (just a tiny bit of
included code). You can see the details and get the code from
http://www.dbg400.net/cgi-bin/twiki/view/DBG400/ProgressMeter

Regards, Martin