Re: Can an RPG program learn the SFLPAG value from the *DSPF?

[Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may find one of my 2011 MC Press API Corner articles of interest. It's
titled So You Want to Know About Display Files and is located at
http://www.mcpressonline.com/programming/apis/the-api-corner-so-you-want-to-know-about-display-files.html.
The code happens to do just what you're asking :)

Bruce Vining


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can an RPG program learn the SFLPAG value from the *DSPF?
>
> I understand that I must set the page size in the display file  - that
> it can not be set from a P field.  But if I set the size in the display
> file, can I then discover the SFLPAG value in an RPG program?
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