Re: WRITE display file

That did the trick thanks.....learned something new today.....


On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:17:58 -0700, Tony Carolla wrote
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > If you bought, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
> > 
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If you bought, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.