Re: subfile? -- RPG400-L

No subfile support existed on S/36 - this is a S/38 concept inherited by the
AS/400...

...maybe you were simulating them with arrays and a variable start line on a
display format on the S/36, like I did...

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson, Duane" <djohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: RE: subfile?


> Hmmmm, now that you mention it, that brings something to mind.  Back when
I
> was learning about subfiles on the System/36, (yes they had subfiles on
the
> 36 and yes, this was more than a few years ago and things may have changed
> drastically since then)  there was a fairly explicit warning about not
> having the subfile size equal to the page size.  It went something like -
> (can't use quotes, don't remember it exactly) - Never define the page size
> and the subfile size the same.  If you do, the results will be
undetermined.
> or something like that.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Booth Martin [SMTP:Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:38 AM
> > To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: subfile?
> >
> > The system does care Scott.  I have no idea why but if the sflpag =
sflsiz
> > these two keywords are ignored.
> >
> > I wonder why he can't just make the sflsiz one record larger than the
> > sflpag
> > though? What is the advantage of same sizes?
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
> > Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> > Date: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:54:52 PM
> > To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: subfile?
> >
> > > I have a situation where i have a page at a time subfile. Page = size.
> > > A request has come in that will require a SFLFOLD/SFLDROP. It appears
> > > that i cannot do this.
> >
> > Why not? I wouldn't think the system would care if the subfile was page
> > at a time or not? I mean there isn't really a difference between loading
> > a subfile where there just happens to be only 10 records to display, and
> > loading a subfile where you're only loading 10 records, then clearing
it,
> > and loading another 10... At least, the system doesn't know there's a
> > difference!
> >
> > So, you should be able to do SFLFOLD just as you would otherwise, aside
> > from the obvious fact, of course, that there'll be fewer records
displayed
> > at a time...
> >
> > > Does anyone know different and if so, how is this accomplished without
> > > changing to an expanding subfile. This subfile contains more than 9999
> > > records.
> >
> > Alternately, you could just code two different subfiles, and switch
> > between them when the fold/drop function key is pressed. That's easy to
> > do, and should accomplish your goal...
> >
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