RE: displaying a blank subfile

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You must have either no footer record or it has the OVERLAY keyword
specified.

On the control record, specify the ERASE(subfile).  This will fix your
problem.

Bradley V. Stone
bvstone@taylorcorp.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Prowak [SMTP:prowakd@emi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 9:38 AM
> To:   midrange list
> Subject:      displaying a blank subfile
> 
> Hi,
> In a subfile I have, I allow the entry of a "Position to ......   
> __________' field,
> similar to how SEU works.  When an entry is made that 
> positions the subfile beyond any recs in the file, such as a cust # of
> all
> 9's,
> I want to display a blank subfile.  So far I:
>       1: turn *ON SFLCLR
>       2: WRITE CTLREC
>       3: turn *OFF SFLCLR
>       4: since 0 recs were written to the subfile, SFLDSP is *OFF
>       5: SFLDSPCTL is always *ON
>       6: EXFMT SUBFILE
> This just displays the same subfile that was displayed before the
> "Position to" entry was processed.  I understand that SFLCLR doesn't
> actually clear the subfile, rather it just makes all the recs
> inactive.
> How do I get the subfile to appear blank?
> 
> TIA!
> Dave  
> 
> 
> 
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