Re: Display file windows that look like dialog boxes

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a compile option:


Enhanced display . . . . . . . . ENHDSP         *YES   

From the Help Text:

"                   Enhanced display (ENHDSP) - Help                 
                                                                   
Specifies whether the data being shown at a display station by this 
display file is using the enhanced capabilities available on the    
display station.                                                    
                                                                   
*YES                                                                
   The data for the display file is shown using any enhanced       
   capabilities available on the display station.  These           
   capabilities can include mnemonics, selection cursor, and       
   graphical window borders.                                       
                                                                   
*NO                                                                 
   The data for this display file is shown as it would be on a 5250
   display station.  No enhanced capabilities that are available on
   the display, such as mnemonics, selection cursor, or graphical  
   window borders, are used.  This value is normally used to       
   preserve character-based interaction across all display         
   stations.                                                        "


That should be the issue.  As to the Enhanced Controller bit... I 
believe the Enhanced Controller has been delivered for the past 10+ 
years, so it is probably a moot point today.

Pete Helgren wrote:
> Been scratching my head over this one a bit before posting.  Here is the 
> question.  What attributes do you set on a display file so that it will 
> display with a nice, smooth border, like you can see here with Booth's 
> examples: 
> http://www.martinvt.com/Code_Samples/Dropdown_box/dropdown_box.html
>
> I have some of these working just fine but I just created another one 
> that has no subfile records, it is just a simple window with a few 
> fields in it and it displays with the  : : : : characters instead of a 
> nice smooth graphical looking line around the border.
>
> I can't see a difference in the way I am creating the display file but I 
> can't get it to work.  I used WDWBORDER but it got me no closer.
>
> Display attributes are here:
>
> A                      DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)
> A                      CF24(24 'F24-Command')
> A                      INDARA
> A          R RECORD1
> A*%%TS  SD  20071019  104657  PETE REL-V5R3M0  5722-WDS
> A                      WINDOW(*DFT 16 76)
> A                      CF04(04 'F4-Prompt')
> A                      CF05(05 'F5-Reset')
> A                      CF11(11 'F11-Delete')
> A                      CF12(12 'F12-Cancel')
> A                      WDWTITLE((*TEXT 'Professional devel-
> A                      opment Information'))
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
>
>