Re: CHKMSGID with subfiles?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I'm going to look into that - I do get the period that is part of 
CPF9898, so something is happening.

I do set the variable in an *INZSR but might have things on the wrong 
format.

On 9/10/2013 6:09 AM, Doug Davie wrote:
> CPF9898 &1.
>
> I think maybe the message is being sent, but you didn't populate the text.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Man, it's been forever since I dealt with edit-in-place subfiles!
> >
> > OK, I've dug through the DDS docs and rummaged through Google hits - no
> > good answer yet.
> >
> > I have a couple fields in a subfile record that I want to validate -
> > let's say one has a RANGE or VALUES. I know I'm not supposed to use
> > ERRMSG or ERRMSGID on a subfile field.
> >
> > But I found nothing that said I couldn't put CHKMSGID in a subfile
> > record - I had done it on a regular record, and it works fine.
> >
> > I don't remember if I put it in the SFL or the SFLCTL record - what I'm
> > getting is only a period on the message line. I'm using the CPF9898
> > message and specifiying a program-to-system variable.
> >
> > OK, so the other scenario is one where I validate a numeric that is a
> > date - this is old code, folks! I assume SFLMSG or SFLMSGID is the way
> > to go, and I see that I have to manage RI and PC. Exercise for tomorrow.
> >
> > Main question is the CHKMSGID in the context of a subfile.
> >
> > Thx
> > Vern
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