Display More data on CA 2E console screen

Products

• CA 2E

Issue/Introduction

CA 2E/IBMi Support for Subfile Records: Current Limitation: Maximum of 17 Subfile records on a 24x80 screen. Even the limit applies only if the text in the Subfile control format is hidden. If control format not hidden, it will display  13 records or 13 lines that can be edited.

Environment

Release: 8.7+

Components: CA 2E

 

Cause

CA 2E out of the box does not directly support more records on display screen. Alteration of the generated source via DDS user source is required.

 

Resolution

Modifications to achieve 27x132-column can be made by following the design instructions provided in Techdocs
Change the header and footer to use a 132-column display in *standard Header and footer functions.
Hide the *SFL text in the Subfile control format.
Attach DDS User Source: At the Subfile record level, replace SFLPAG(17) with SFLPAG(22) and SFLSIZ(23).
Attach RPG Source: Modify the RPG source to set SFLPAG to 22 and use this value in the "Initialize" section of the action diagram.

Generate and Compile and you will have 27x132-column