RE: Window format clearing the remainder of the screen

["Fisher, Don" <Dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the explanation, Simon.  I've never had it explained in such
detail before.  I've always separated my header and footer when using
subfiles because my first attempt at a subfile lo these many years ago
failed to display the last couple lines of the record.  Now I know why it
didn't.

Trouble is, I have a program on another system that does exactly what I'm
attempting here, except the screens behave as I expect on the other system.
Both systems are at V4R1 and I checked the DDS keywords and compile options
used for each display file.

In any event, I have WINDOW specified on the formats I'm attempting to
display over the first format.  I also followed your suggestion about CLRL
with no success.  I attempted to use CLRL(*NO) and CLRL(11) (the number of
lines occupied by my window).  CLRL is apparently not allowed with SFLCTL so
I tried it on my footer record and on the first format.

I am beginning to suspect there are PTF differences between the two systems
or I am going senile.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
The Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 ext. 2124
DFisher@roomstoreeast.com

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And there's the problem!  You said "the first format occupies all lines".
OVERLAY cannot be used on its own to put one record format over another if
they share lines on the display.  You must either use CLRL or separate the
formats.
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