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  3. August 2001

RE: generic file display program was: (no subject)

john smith wrote:

> One interesting use would be to have a 'calleable
> generic file display program'. Thus the generic field
> could be a , say, 70 char line on a subfile display.
> Then calling this generic pgm with a file name as parm
>
> (from within another interactive pgm) would display a
> sub-file screen with the records of the file being
> displayed. This generic pgm could then return the
> record being selected from the subfile to the original
> pgm for further processing. I hope you get the idea.

This is possible if you use a program described file.
Couple this with the QUSLFLD API (or DSPFFD), and you can do it!

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