Re: DLYJOB

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

<< But,
 In another pgm where the called CL finishes very quickly I inserted a
 DLYJOB(5) after the SNDF #Screen2
 But to no effect.
 If I change the SNDF to SNDRCVF it seems to work ok
  >>

>Check the Defer Write (DFRWRT) option on the CRTDSPF command.  I believe
the
>default is *YES which means any screen writes are buffered and not
actually
>written to the display until a read request is issued for the display.
*NO
>for this option means any screen writes will be issued immediately to the
>display and the program regains control after the write I/O has finished.
>-Pete

DFRWRT affects the entire file(all formats)  in a lot of cases it is better
to
use FRCDTA at the format level in DDS.   This does the same as DFRWRT but
only for the particular format it(FRCDTA) is used on.


John Carr

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