Re: subfile with footer question

[Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,
Just Read the footer record.
Write Footer  with new info
Exfmt SflCtl
Read Footer.

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I'm changing a local application to have a user input field on a "screen"
> made up of a Subfile and Subfile Control,
> a "footer" record that overlays the area beneath the subfile and above the
> MSGCTL/MSGSFL
>
> This application is used at month end to allow a user to process a list of
> business units.
>
> The change is to allow the user to run a summary report after all business
> units in the Subfile/Subfile Control
> area  have been processed.
>
> At this point I have changed the "footer" record to display the report
> option after all business units in the main
> subfile have been processed (using an indicator to toggle DSPATR(HI UL) /
> DSPATR(ND), but now I want to read
> that record to get the user's input to the new report option, and I'm
> wondering if I can simply use a CHAIN ?
>
> I don't think I want to  EXFMT the "footer" because I think that will make
> the user interface more "clumsy" ?
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