Re: Push button on screen with subfile

[WAJE0822 <waje0822@xxxxxxxxx>]

If this is a true subfile, don't ou have EXFMT for the control file and then read thru the subfile format with the READC op code or a chain by Relative Record Number.  This is generally done in a read loop.
  
On Oct 28, 2012, at 11:28 AM, "Richard Marion" <DPCMarion@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After your Exfmt statement, issue a read statement of the format that
> contains your additional information.
>
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> On Behalf Of Booth Martin
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> Subject: Push button on screen with subfile
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> Push button on screen with subfile:
>
> Yes, I know green screen is old-school.  But I am old-school, too, so its
> OK.  :)
>
> I have a 5250 screen with two subfiles  -  the left subfile lists a few
> states, and when a user selects one of those states, then the right-side 
> subfile is populated with cities from that state.   Then, the user can 
> select one or many of those cities from the second subfile.  I did this just
> as a demo of the use of radio buttons, check boxes, and scroll bars in an
> ordinary 5250 green screen.  It works decently.  A screen shot is at
> http://www.martinvt.com/Subfiles/Two_Subfiles/two_subfiles.html
>
> I was unable to add push buttons to the Footer of the screen and read them.
> Since I couldn't make it work, that probably means I don't understand what
> is happening, and therefore the following explanation 
> may be very, very wrong.   There are four record on the screen, three 
> with elements that are input-capable.  But it appears to me that only one
> record can be input-capable at a time.  When I have an exfmt line, only the
> elements on that record are read.  The result is that a user can not click
> the push buttons if either subfile is active.
>
> My question is:  is it possible to read more than one record at a time?
>
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