RE: Invalid subfile options and SFLMSG

This was not the main concern, but you could just use the VALUES clause
on the DDS and not need the validation routine.

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:17 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Invalid subfile options and SFLMSG

Invalid subfile options and SFLMSG

Time to get a tad smarter.  Not necessarily smart, just smarter than I 
am this morning.

OK, here's the scenario:  A subfile with a subfile option field so one 
can key in a '2' to edit, '4' to delete, '5' to view, etc.  I've added a

validity checking subroutine to be sure the user keyed in a valid value 
('2','4', '5' for instance).  I do a "for" loop and test each subfile 
record. If the option does not validate then I turn on *in70 and update 
the subfile before continuing the loop.  After the "for" loop there is 
no further processing, and the screen is exfmt'd again.

Everything works fine so far as I can see, excepting one problem that I 
can not figure out how to solve.

In testing, if I key several invalid options and press enter, it returns

the error message and places the cursor on the first error of the 
subfile.  Fine so far.  Now, if I fix the first invalid option but none 
of the others, and then enter, the cursor goes to the corrected field 
and still shows as an error.