Re: 5250 data stream issue -- MIDRANGE-L

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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

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