Re: Subfile question

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Items I can think of:

-Are you compiling your screens RSTDSP(*YES)?
-Are you using a dummy record with the ASSUME keyword?  (I am never sure 
which Display file needs that record added.)
-Are you using more than one program?  Setting on the LR indicator in 
the called program can cause unexpected results.


On 12/27/2012 2:15 PM, Tom Hightower wrote:
> I'm having an issue with a converted DSPF36 screen that I'm trying to
> convert/use as a subfile.  In our customer data entry program, a user can
> press F8 to call the NOTES program (a called "RPG" program) which overlays
> the notes data-entry screen onto the display.  In the S36-style display
> file, each notes line of the notes screen is a separate field (15 of them in
> total).  You remember doing that sort of thing way back in the day.
>
> The boss wrote all of that about 15 years ago, maybe longer, and it's worked
> fine for years. Now he wants to me add some new fields to the notes file,
> and to update the coding to new style and replace the DSPF36 with subfile
> programming. Cool, and it's about time.
>
> I've converted the S36 screen to subfile (2 subfiles, according to his spec)
> and written a new version of the notes program (RPGLE, actgrp=*caller) to
> populate/display the existing notes in one subfile, and present another
> subfile for new notes entry. It's basically working, except that instead of
> overlaying the subfiles onto the customer data-entry screen, the display is
> cleared and then the subfiles data-entry screens are displayed.
>
> I've tested and tested it all kinds of ways.  The most-recent test was to
> modify the customer data-entry screen to include the notes populate/display
> processing within the customer data-entry program. It does the overlay just
> as I want - the SECOND and subsequent times that the notes screen is
> displayed; the first time thru the display is blanked and the notes screens
> are shown.
>
> I'm not sure what I need to adjust to get this to properly. Any ideas?
>
> TomH