Re: Subfiles in batch job

Ah, the memories are coming back. And like I said pointless. I ended up
going with Diane's suggestion of using a physical file with fields named
like the ones in the subfile.

But I am wondering is this a good candidate for what is being discussed in
another thread. Can this program define a data structure similar to the
subfile and define a pointer, then use the ALLOC and REALLOC opcodes? That
would be faster than using the physical file, but still dynamic, right? Of
course, I don't remember the original posting or how the data in the
subfile was being used.

Patrick Conner
www.ConnecTown.com
(828) 244-0822



                                                                                
               
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The answer is YES and NO. A batch job can't have screen I/O himself.
You CAN do a OVRDSPF DEV(somedevice) where "somedevice" has to be a display

with sign-on screen which can be occupied. Whenever the job runs it must
have access to this device (so nobody may use it then).

This is more than ugly and a 100% candidate for a murphy attack and should
never ever reach a "production" state.

Anton Gombkötö




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