Re: Push button on screen with subfile

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've tried every combination I can think of.  None give useful results. 
 Also, the push button doesn't draw completely.  My conclusion is that 
the development of these advanced features for 5250 withered on the vine 
as the new GUIs like Windows 3.1 gained a foothold.

Ah well, check boxes and radio buttons still work in subfiles, and that 
was fun to do.



On 10/28/2012 10:28 AM, Richard Marion wrote:
> After your Exfmt statement, issue a read statement of the format that
> contains your additional information.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 2:55 PM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
> Subject: Push button on screen with subfile
>
> 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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