RE: Display Screen problem

["Bill Bynum" <bill.bynum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck,
would PUTOVR/OVRDTA work in the example I am trying to do? If so could you
please provide me with an example to resolve this.
TIA.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Buck Calabro
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:00 AM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Display Screen problem


Bill B wrote:
>So why did IBM design this in such a way that other
>functionality could not be utilized when you use ERRMSG
>or ERRMSGID functions?

Fundamentally, ERRMSG does an implicit PUTOVR just to place the message on
the display and not disturb the rest of the screen.  If you're not familiar
with PUTOVR/OVRDTA, then it's easy to see why ERRMSG appears to be working
badly.

I hardly ever use ERRMSG (I prefer error message subfiles) but I almost
always use PUTOVR.  It's a powerful technique to reduce traffic on your
network/workstation controller/communication line.

Buck Calabro
Commsoft; Albany, NY
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