Re: Subfile question - Position To functionality

[Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,
You would need to get the "bin" from the subfile record using a CHAIN to
the subfile record that the cursor is positioned to, then use that value to
read you data file and reload the subfile.

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Bill Howie <blhowie66@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Question for the group.  I have the need to add "position to" functionality
> to a subfile program.  In this scenario, my subfile has one field which is
> a bin location in a warehouse.   The one field could look something like
> "OVER-1A".  I want the user to be able to key in just the letter "O" in a
> field on the subfile screen and have the subfile display starting with the
> records that begin with "O" and going from there.  Is it just as simple as
> doing a SETLL with the "O" as the key and it will read the records from
> there on or is there more to it than that?  Any info is as always
> appreciated.   Thanks!
>
> Bill
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