Re: V7R1 - CLP & Drop Down

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Me again

You could take a look at Booth's work here -

http://www.martinvt.com/Subfiles/Dropdown_Box_II/dropdown_box_ii.html

This example is a scrollable list of states - could be just what you want.

Vern

On 1/2/2014 2:13 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> Hi Cyndi
>
> What interface are you working in? Green? Browser? ???
>
> You can't do a dropdown as such in a DSPF - well, maybe with a menu bar
> at the top, but that's not done all that much.
>
> I'm not inclined to do DSPFs in CL - it can be done, but RPG is so much
> better at it, IMO.
>
> You CAN create a window in a DSPF that has the list in it. The variables
> you use in the window are available to the underlying program, which
> just uses it - of course, that's if you EXFMT the window in RPG.
>
> Assuming you use a window and SNDF in CL, then you can get the variable
> back with the state - this probably involves a READC of a subfile where
> there's a select option and the state - then you pass the state as a
> parameter to RPG.
>
> Or are you thinking of a command and a prompt for the values in a
> parameter? That can be done with a choice program - CHCPGM, I think, is
> the parameter in the command source.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> On 1/2/2014 1:59 PM, Cyndi Bradberry wrote:
> > Can I create a dynamically filled drop down in CLP ?
> >
> > I have a file with several states in it. I want to be able to select the state in the CLP, override to the proper library list, then pass that information into the RPGLE program for further use.
> >
> > Can this be done ? I seem to remember, but brain is not working very well today. (I hate two Monday's in a week !)
> >
> > Cyndi B.
> > Boise, ID