Re: Popup temporary window

[John McKay <jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the dds for the window, I use OVERLAY, LOCK and FRCDTA.

In the RPG code, I WRITE the window record format after I initialise 
the  subfile header but  before I load records into the subfile detail.

Regards,
John Mckay   mba
www.rpglanguage.com

On 18/10/2011 15:44, Timothy Adair wrote:
> In an RPG pgm, I want to temporarily pop up a small window and then have it
> go away with no user interaction.  It's a subfile inquiry program and the
> subfile takes about 5-10 seconds to load.  I want to pop up a window that
> says "LOADING..." during this 5-10 seconds.  If I do a WRITE it doesn't show
> up until the next EXFMT.  If instead I do an EXFMT, it waits until the user
> presses Enter and then takes 5-10 seconds to load the sfl.
>
> I tried the KEEP keyword and it seems to make no difference.
>
> SNDPGMMSG is not really an option, as I want a window to pop up in the
> middle of the screen.
>
> Any ideas?  Am I missing something obvious?
>
> As always, I welcome any and all responses.
>
> TIA,
>
> ~TA~