RE: Display File Windows -- RPG400-L

The problem you talk about is real delicate to get to work right, and then
still doesn't work the same way on all platforms.  Faced with the same
problem I did this: I rethought the user's problem and decided to do away
with the question mark all together. 

It might not fit for your shop, but I mark the promptable fields with "F4"
in blue and then return the name of the field that holds the cursor.  After
the EXFMT I do a "IF F4" followed by a Select based upon the field name
holding the cursor.  The user can then just mouse click the field and then
click the F4 or key F4 and get the prompt.  

Yes, it is only one field at a time but the response times are fast, and
users adapt to it very quickly.

Plus, it is very fast to code.

-----Original Message-----
From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. [mailto:rbruceh@attglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 10:20 AM
To: boothm@goddard.edu
Subject: Re: Display File Windows


Shot in the dark.

I assume you have the ASSUME keyword coded on a record in all the display
files?

Did you use OVERLAY keyword on each of the window display records?

The restore display would only interfere with performance and the return of
the original display, I would suspect either of the above.

===========================================================
R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator

"The sum of all human knowledge is a fixed constant.
    It's the population that keeps growing!"

-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Clark <iain.clark@isoftaus.com.au>
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com' <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 2:06 AM
Subject: Display File Windows


>Can anyone shed some light on a peculiar problem I have.
>I'm trying to show an screen with multiple input fields, each field has a
>prompt window associated with it. The prompt is invoked by keying a "?"
into
>the field.  If the user places "?" in several different fields then presses
>enter, up comes the first  window ready for a selection to be made. So far
>so good....but after the first window is used and the second and subsequent
>windows appear the underlying screen format disappears.  Why?  (I've got
>RSTDSP etc all set correctly).
>
>The way round it seems to be to force the display out between windows, but
>this seems clumsy.
>
>Any and all help greatly appreciated
>
>Regards
>Iain
>
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