RE: Processing... Please Wait... But with a subfile

I think he got that already.  What he wants from the looks of it, is to 
show each subfile record as it is written, in the case of a large subfile 
being loaded so the user can see what's happening I think.

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RE: Processing... Please Wait... But with a  subfile






The way I do that, and it works pretty well for me, is to create a display
file that has two record formats in it.  One is the message you want to
display (Processing...busy...whatever...) and which has the OVERLAY 
keyword
at the record level.

Let's call it S1

  A          R S1
  A                                      OVERLAY
  A                               B 2 60 'PROCESSING'


The second record format looks like this:

  A                                      DSPATR(HI) 
  A          R DUMMY 
  A                                      KEEP 
  A                                      ASSUME 
  A                                      OVERLAY 
  A            DUMFLD         1A  O 13 79 
*************** End of data ************************



In your RPG program, wherever you want to display your "processing" 
message,
simply do this: 

 C                   Write    S1

Then do any other processing you want.   When your subfile is built, you 
can
then write it out like you normally do and continue on.  The S1 format 
will
disappear, (be overwritten) by the subfile control record and subfile 
record
formats.


BTW...you can find this tip and about 900 others just like it here: "The 
MC
Press Desktop Encylopedia for iSeries and AS/400"
http://www.mc-store.com/5027.html

HTH
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:41 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Processing... Please Wait... But with a subfile

I just read the thread about informing the user that processing is
occurring.  My options include sndpgmmsg or issuing a Write (w/FrcDta
keyword on record format).   I want to go with the latter, and I'm
looking to do a little bit more.  I'd like to display a subfile as it's
being built w/o waiting for the user.  Essentially the user would see
the 'processing...' message above the subfile column headings, but would
also see any exception messages pop up at the same time.   At the end,
the window footer would display command keys appropriate to the result
of the processing.
 
My window is as such:
 
 * subfile
A R WdwSfl
 
 * subfile control (header)
A R WdwCtl    SflCtl( WdwSfl )
A                   Window(Wdw)
A                   FrcDta
A    96            SflDsp
A  N98            SflDspCtl
A    98            SflClr
A    96            SflEnd( *ScrBar )
 
 * window definition (footer)
A R Wdw
 
In the code:
// build record to write to subfile
SflClr = *Off               (in98)
WdwSflDsp = *On;     (in96)
WdwRRN += 1;
Write WdwSfl;
Write WdwCtl;    <------- error
Write Wdw;
 
If I remove the error statement, I only get a window (subfile is not
displayed).
 
Thanks,
 
Kurt Anderson
Application Developer
Highsmith Inc.
W5527 State Road 106, P.O. Box 800
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800
TEL (920) 563-9571  FAX (920) 563-7395
EMAIL kjanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx