converse

The EGL converse statement presents data on a formatted screen, waits for a user response, and receives the input.

Processing continues with the first statement that follows the converse statement.

Although converse statements are relatively simple to use, you can get better performance if you use a show statement that returns to the beginning of the same program. The show statement requires a more complicated design because the re-invoked program starts at the first line, and that initial code must determine whether the program is being invoked at the beginning or in the middle of a user-code interaction.

For specific considerations that apply to the converse statement when you use specific UI technologies, see the related reference at the end of this topic.

Syntax

Syntax diagram for the core converse statement
formOrRecord
The name of a form or record that is associated with a screen of data to display.

Compatibility

Table 1. Compatibility considerations for converse
Platform Issue
IMS/VS The converse statement is not supported in a called program. Only a segmented converse statement is supported for IMS/VS.

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