Re: Change Display File / CHGDSPF

[David.X.Kahn@xxxxxxx]

Dale wrote:

> What resets the time out (WAITRCD) parameter of this? One of our users
had
> this time out on her while taking a pause after constant data input on a
> particular video file. During the preceeding period, she has input data
on
> the screen, moved the cursor, etc. but had not hit >return.

I presume you mean what resets the active count specified in the WAITRCD
counter rather than implying that the value in the file description itself
had changed? The count starts as soon as the program goes into a display
wait and continues until a record is returned to the program.

> I was under the impression that any keystroke or cursor movement would
> reset the time out. Was I wrong?>

Afraid so. None of this activity returns control to the application
program, so the count continues. On rare occasions I have had a locally
attached dumb terminal time out while I was entering a command but before I
had hit Enter, which calls for exquisite bad timing. Arguably this
arrangement is "a good thing" as it reduces the load on the CPU.

> BTW, we are using JD Edwards' World software.

The WAITRCD parameter in JDE is generally set to 1800 seconds, or 30
minutes, which is a fairly generous allowance for a user to pause while
entering data.

Dave...
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