RE: Subfile question?

["Bale, Dan" <DBale@xxxxxxxx>]

Sheesh!  PEBKAC (that's me).

Well, now my curiosity is piqued.  SAA CUA?!?!?  Is it possible that someone
actually used this in an AS/400 shop?

Please do supply more information, Fabrizio.

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buck Calabro [SMTP:buck.calabro@aptissoftware.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:52 PM
> To:   rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Subfile question?
> 
> Dan Bale wrote:
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:      Fabrizio Gurrieri [SMTP:fabrizio.gurrieri@bartolini.it]
> >> Sent:      Tuesday, May 16, 2000 9:28 AM
> >> To:        'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> >> Subject:   Subfile question?
> >> 
> >> I need to scroll (up and down) a subfile with PgUP & PgDN key 
> >> paga to page.... Is that possible???
> >
> >Well, yes, that's what those keys are for.  How else 
> >would you scroll through a subfile?
> 
> Oddly enough, the SAA CUA standard for scrolling is F7/F8!  I think
> Fabrizio
> is asking how to define the DDS so that the PAGExx keys work.  Look up the
> manual on Display Programming.  It will describe how to set up subfiles.
> Basically there are two ways:
> 1) SFLSIZ = SFLPAG --- there is only one page in the subfile.  The
> programmer uses the indicators on the PAGEUP/PAGEDN keys to clear the
> subfile, position the file pointer and load the subfile.
> 2) SFLSIZ > SFLPAG -- there can be multiple pages in the subfile.  The
> system handles the PAGEUP/PAGEDN keys while the user is within the pages
> already loaded, and the programmer handles the PAGExx keys to load pages
> beyond that range.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> Buck Calabro
> Aptis; Albany, NY
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