Re: Is it possible to have a dspf window with 2 subfiles?

Hello Frederik,

Am 12.08.2022 um 14:53 schrieb Frederik Vanderhaeghe via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Now I would like to have a window with 2 subfiles, is that possible?

I'd say, yes. Eventhough I have not yet done this myself.

It shows SFLCTL7 with subfile SCHERM7, but it doesn't show SFLTCL8 with SCHERM8...
I'm not getting any errors anymore when executing the program.
I first write SFLCTL7, then SCHERM7, then SFLCTL8, then SCHERM8 and then exfmt SFLCTL7.

You EXFMT SFLCTL7. This has no OVERLAY keyword and thus overwrites SFLCTL8. Use READ instead. And test if it works properly. Because…

My experience: The DSPF logic can't know which of the two subfiles the user will access last (cursor position). Thus I've found out that I better do writes to all record formats so they are shown on screen, and then READ from the *file* itself, not a record format. Cursor position and response to a certain record format doesn't matter anymore then, and even changes to both subfiles are properly handled. (Need a READC-Loop for each SFL.)

I don't know if this is applicable to your situation, though. You might need to experiment somewhat.

:wq! PoC