Re: WRITE display file

When you create the dspf, specify DFRWRT(*NO). Without this, the data isn't 
displayed on a display file until you do a READ (which, it sounds like you 
aren't doing). 

Another idea is, sometimes there are multiple 'stages' a program goes 
through while the user is waiting. For this purpose, I create a display 
format with a single long alpha field. This way, you can EVAL the 
appropriate 'waiting' message to the buffer, and tell the user what they are 
waiting for more specifically. 

On 7/26/05, Douglas W. Palme <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I am processing an sql call within an rpgle program....unfortunately it
> takes about three minutes to build and extract the appropriate data.
> 
> I have been trying to display a simple display file to the screen so the 
> end
> user knows the program is still working but so far have been unable to get
> it to work correctly.
> 
> I tried using WRITE which is supposed to display the record to the screen
> and then return control to the program (begin sql processing) but nothing
> ever gets displayed.
> 
> Is there something else I'm missing? I turned the KEEP RECORD ON DISPLAY 
> on
> but that did not make any difference either.
> 
> 
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> 
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