Re: Using a display file in a batch environment

At 11:57 PM 1/18/99 , Bill Parks wrote:
>I have a large program which I have created an input file to provide
>the information usually entered onto the various screens.  The screen
>program includes subfiles from which information is assembled and
>processed.  The program runs without displaying any of the screens,
>but when I place the program in batch it tries to get a lock on a
>display (*REQUESTOR or a named device).  It bombs when the screen is
>not available.
>Is there any way to run this program with the screen in?

Try making the display file user controlled and only open the file if the
program is run interactively.

Obviously, you'll have to deal with getting your input from another source
in batch.

david

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