Re: Using a display file in a batch environment

David, while I have not tried this, I believe that it may not work
because of the subfile usage.  I don't believe that it would let me
load up a subfile in the background unless the file was opened first.

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 6:32 AM
Subject: 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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