RE: MOVEA -> EVAL

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:00:43 -0400
>From: "Phil" <sublime78ska@yahoo.com>
>
>>bad indicators, bad!
>
>Just how are you supposed to communicate to a display file?  If a user
>entered an invalid entry, how are you supposed to tell the display file to
>highlight the field in red, and to position the cursor on that field?  Is
>there something new for me to learn?

Phil, besides the program-to-system fields that Doug mentioned, for the
cases where you still do want to use indicators in the display file, you
can use an INDDS (indicator data structure) for your display file.  Then,
rather than use say *IN41, you use the named indicator subfield that you
defined in position 41 of the INDDS.  Since the INDDS uses separate storage
from the indicators (and from other INDDS's), you don't have to worry
about the indicators for your display file getting messed around by other
code in your program.

Barbara Morris

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