Re: Popup temporary window

[John McKay <jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Timothy.

Glad to help out anytime !

On 18/10/2011 16:30, Timothy Adair wrote:
> BINGO!
>
> John, you are "da man"!  The only difference is I have to write the window
> before I initialize the SFL header.
>
> Works great!  Thank you very much!
>
> ~TA~
>
>
>
> "John McKay"<jmckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote in message
> news:mailman.4891.1318950774.2520.rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx...
> > 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~