Re: Display file windows that look like dialog boxes

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete

I think there's a parameter on CRTDSPF - ENHDSP - that can give you 
graphical borders on windows in iSeries Access emulation, maybe 
others. You won't see it on a real 5250 monitor.

HTH
Vern

At 06:00 PM 12/1/2007, you wrote:

> Been scratching my head over this one a bit before posting.  Here is the
> question.  What attributes do you set on a display file so that it will
> display with a nice, smooth border, like you can see here with Booth's
> examples:
> http://www.martinvt.com/Code_Samples/Dropdown_box/dropdown_box.html
>
> I have some of these working just fine but I just created another one
> that has no subfile records, it is just a simple window with a few
> fields in it and it displays with the  : : : : characters instead of a
> nice smooth graphical looking line around the border.
>
> I can't see a difference in the way I am creating the display file but I
> can't get it to work.  I used WDWBORDER but it got me no closer.
>
> Display attributes are here:
>
> A                      DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3)
> A                      CF24(24 'F24-Command')
> A                      INDARA
> A          R RECORD1
> A*%%TS  SD  20071019  104657  PETE REL-V5R3M0  5722-WDS
> A                      WINDOW(*DFT 16 76)
> A                      CF04(04 'F4-Prompt')
> A                      CF05(05 'F5-Reset')
> A                      CF11(11 'F11-Delete')
> A                      CF12(12 'F12-Cancel')
> A                      WDWTITLE((*TEXT 'Professional devel-
> A                      opment Information'))
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete