RE: subfile with footer question

[Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yea, that looks cleaner than the CHAIN I used . . . thank you.

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carel Teijgeler
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:51 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: subfile with footer question

Would

Write FOOTER
Exfmt SFLCTL
Read  FOOTER

be the solution?

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

On 18-3-2015 20:21, Gary Thompson wrote:
> I'm changing a local application to have a user input field on a 
> "screen" made up of a Subfile and Subfile Control, a "footer" record 
> that overlays the area beneath the subfile and above the MSGCTL/MSGSFL
>
> This application is used at month end to allow a user to process a list of business units.
>
> The change is to allow the user to run a summary report after all 
> business units in the Subfile/Subfile Control area  have been processed.
>
> At this point I have changed the "footer" record to display the report 
> option after all business units in the main subfile have been 
> processed (using an indicator to toggle DSPATR(HI UL) / DSPATR(ND), but now I want to read that record to get the user's input to the new report option, and I'm wondering if I can simply use a CHAIN ?
>
> I don't think I want to  EXFMT the "footer" because I think that will make the user interface more "clumsy" ?
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