Date:         Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:53:07 +0300
Reply-To:     Arjen.Raateland@vyh.fi
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From:         Arjen Raateland <Arjen.Raateland@VYH.FI>
Organization: Suomen ymparistokeskus
Subject:      Program flow control question (SCL)?
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In redesigning an application the only stuff left in a particular
program display is some text, but no user input fields.
This Program entry is supposed to run a submit continue block. If I put
the submit block in the MAIN section, the window is displayed, but the
code is never run, because there is no input from the user.
If I put the code in the INIT section, the code is run, but the window
only appears after the code has run, which is useless.

Is there a simple way to have the window show first and only then have
the submit block execute automatically, preferably without an extra
subordinate SCL entry containing only the submit block?

BTW, actually I close the window with EXECCMD('End') immediately after
the code has run. The program entry also returns a message text to the
calling entry, hence the choice of SUBMIT CONTINUE.

TIA,
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Arjen Raateland
Finnish Environment Institute
SAS Support
phone +358 9 4030 0350