Re: Option field repopulating itself with old entries

Booth,

I looked around at some code and my usual setup was DSPF1 would have
RSTDSP(*YES) and any other window display files overlaying DSPF1 would have
RSTDSP(*NO). I seem to remember a time when the background of a window
would go black without a setup like this. I'm on V7R1 now and I cannot get
that result no matter what I do now. But the problem with the background
data reverting back to the values first displayed seems to be when the
window DSPF is left active in PROG2 and has RSTDSP(*YES). Playing around,
the issue was fixed by either closing the display file in PROG2 or DSPF2
with RSTDSP(*NO).

- Steve


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That sounds like exactly the problem. It explains the behavior.

Thanks for the tip. Time to go play and see if there is a solution that
I can find.

Thank you. :)


On 2/12/2014 8:45 AM, Stephen Coyle wrote:

Was DSPF2 that PROG2 is using compiled with RSTDSP(*YES)?
Display files using windows usually are, and that means that when the

file

is first written to the screen, the data on the DSPF1 that is being
overlayed is saved and restored on subsequent writes of DSPF2.
So all calls of PROG2 after the initial call will display what was on

DSPF1

when it was first overlayed.
At least that is how I understand RSTDSP works.....

- Steve

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