Re: Position Cursor on a Display File

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

>The technique we used may have been using the QdfRtvFd api that Rick
>refers to, but I don't remember having to go to that extreme.

Yup, that is what you need to do, if you want to avoid hard coding the values in
the program.  You can *return* the field name where the cursor was located, but
you can't set it by field name.

Neither does a DSPATR( &pgmfield ) allow you to do the equivalent of a
DSPATR(PC).

The good news is that once you put it in a service program, it is pretty easy to
use from RPG IV and you can all but eliminate indicators from your display
files.  Indicators are still necessary for things like subfile control keywords,
etc.

Doug