Are you running your edit macro in background (BDISPMAX(100))? if so, just call your edit with a larger number of display screens like this:
EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=100, PARM='ISPSTART CMD(%editmyds) BDISPMAX(999999999)' and, as Walt mentioned, you can specify Control list (and conlist / symlist) ITschak -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:45 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISREDIT macro advice required. On 2/16/2006 7:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Experts, > > I have an edit macro here which does some processing on a production > file. Excludes a number of records then does some selective deleting > based on characters if finds at certain positions. My CLIST knowledge > is scant at best, and this macro has gone mad all of a suddun, blowing > through BDISPMAX(100) for obvious reason. > > I've got to debug it, and was wondering if there is anything like the > "trace" function in REXX for edit macros/clists? I'm currently trudging > through a few manuals, trying to come up to speed, but if there's > something obvious I could use to work out what the thing is doing.... > > The macro, if anyone is interested, is below. It runs on about 20,000 > lines of input data and has been running quite happily for years, I'm > told. > ...snipped... Try adding a CONTROL LIST line where you want the tracing to start. See the TSO/E CLISTs book for more information: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IKJ4B830/11.1 ?SHELF=EZ2ZO10F&DT=20050715035650 or http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2CB516AC Walt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html