Re: RPG & Subfile Control Record Question ...

Why not make a new format just for that line, with overlay?  then Write that
line instead of the control format?

I've done that to show a progress bar on the bottom of the screen so users
can see it from the filing cabinet or coffee pot.  :)

If the idea of a progress bar interests you, the code is at

http://www.martinvt.com/Code_Samples/Progress_Bar/progress_bar.html

and is fairly simple to make as a callable and reusable piece.

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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
From: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001 02:13:21 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RPG & Subfile Control Record Question ...
I have a subfile control record and when someone presses a command key I
want
it to calculate something for me while displaying "CALCULATING" in a
reversed
image box on the screen.
Here's what I'm doing ...
SETON indicator for "CALCULATING" to display
WRITE subfile control record (should display at this point)
DO LOOP
The above does not display the box...
But, if I subsitute the WRITE with an EXFMT on the subfile control record it
does display the "CALCULATING" in reversed image.
Does anyone know why? Obviously I do not want to use the EXFMT because it
means the user will have to press another key... I just want it to display
and when the loop in done disapear.
Bill
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