Re: Subfile Load Right to Left

["James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lewis,

Think of a subfile as a direct data base file where you are accessing it by 
record number.

Now I'm guessing that you clear your subfile then start adding records with a 
WRITE operation.

To do what you want, you want to clear your subfile, load your subfile with 
blank records (I think it's SFLINZ) then instead of just doing a WRITE, you do 
a CHAIN / UPDATE
combination to the record number you want loaded.

Let's see:
5 columns by 16 entries means, from left to right:
column 1 starts at record 1
column 2 starts at record 17
column 3 starts at record 33
column 4 starts at record 49
column 5 starts at record 65

So you would start updating the initialized records at record number 65, load 
16 records, then start the next 16 at record 49, and so on.

HTH


Lewis Libman wrote:

> I have a program and display file with subfile control.  I have 5 columns 
>across and 16 lines down.  I know I can read right to left.  HOW DO I LOAD 
>RIGHT TO LEFT?  OR CAN I????
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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