Re: Issue with Protect Field Using And Indicators. V7R1

Michael,

Again, it has been a long time since I have done any significant work with
*DSPF files and, even so, I don't remember using ERRMSGID very much...

As I see it, what happened in your case was that, as soon as the ERRMSGID
was sent and "responded to" (Rest Error), the system turned off *IN62,
which was the condition specified for DSPATR(PR). The "DDS for display
Files" manual states that (emphasis are mine):

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The response indicator, if specified, should be the same as the option
indicator used to condition the ERRMSGID keyword. *On the subsequent input
operation, after the display of the error message, the OS/400 program turns
off the indicator. *
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Anyway, whatever the reason behind your problem was, I'm glad you could
solve it...


Best Regards,
Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries