RE: Running a program with a display file in batch

<snip>
On the other hand, I made a change in one interactive program to run in
batch programs, and to get it done quickly, just put the USROPN keyword
on the display file, and then skipped over all the EXFMT and WRITE and
READ opcodes. That includes the subfile processing, by the way, which
may complicate things for quick adaptation.
</snip>

With the external indicator (switch) you don't need to skip over things.  The 
program can function as normal and the operating system takes care of ignoring 
the I/O.  Just add the ExtInd keyword and that's it, you're done.  This is a 
carry over from RPGII in the early days.  With USROPN you have to have opens 
and closes as well as adding code to skip read and write logic.

Rick


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