Re: Odd Subfile question

I keep getting this returned to me as undeliverable, so if it shows up 3
times, I apologize...


I agree with Nancy that it was a difficult situation to describe. I wasn't
at a terminal either, just at home thinking about the problem. Which is a
handicap when soliciting input. :-)

I should mention that the subfile was 2 free form fields 77 characters
long.  When the comments from the additional file were used, they were
added to the first field one at a time as long as there were records. So
I'm thinking Ron is right in that adding SFLDROP would have to be done
programmatically.  And I like Dave's idea, maybe if we have a slow spell I
can try to implement it.

Where I work, though, we can't always spend the time I'd like to really
nail things like this.  (Not billable, you know.)  We solved the solution
by Help Text saying if the user chooses to see comments, the Add'l Info
will not display reliably.  Not a solution to my liking, but a real life
compromise.  

Thanks for the input.  I'm just a couple of years out of school and
subfiles especially can still confuse me. <g>

Terry

At 07:10 PM 05/06/2000 -0400, Nancy wrote:
>I have done a lot of subfiles. I think I understand what is happening,
>but a note is not the same as your telling me this at a terminal and
>showing it to me. I think that you need to clear the screen totally
>before writing or exfmt ing the display file with all its records
>formats. 

From: "Ron Hawkins" <hwarangron@home.com>

>Build a free-form subfile. That is a subfile with only one or two long
>fields in it. Put data from either file into the field and write the subfile
>record. That way you can get the records sequenced correctly. If you want
>the SFLDROP capability, you have to provide it programmatically. You can't
>use the keyword.

From: Dave Murvin <davem@drme.com>

>If I understand your problem correctly, you could change the program to
>load to two subfiles at the same time.  Subfile 1 contains your data and
>no comments.  Subfile 2 contains your data and the comments.  When the
>users want to see the comments, just switch subfiles. 

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