If you want a command and a WCC then you need TPUT FULLSCR
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Charles Mills <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:21 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Two TSO terminal I/O from Rexx questions External Message: Use Caution TSO's line count is fine. I added a Say in a DO loop and it ran down to the bottom of the screen, produced a *** prompt, and continued properly after Enter. Still no idea why the 5C comes out after the text. On Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:18:06 -0500, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: >And testing reveals that the answer is that it IS interpreted as a 3270 >datastream, partially. The following Rexx, running under ISPF > >/* Rexx */ >say 'some stuff ************************************' >say 'f5c311404040'x||'Hellow clear world!' >say 'more stuff' >say 'and still more' > >produces the following at the top of the screen. > >Hellow clear world! *************************** >5C >more stuff >and still more >*** > >My interpretation is > >- the F5C3 is ineffective. The command has to be the first thing in the 3270 >DS and Rexx and/or TSO already provides that. >- However, the SBA (0,0) has the desired effect. Notice that my first SAY has >been (partially) overwritten >- I can't explain why the F5C3 comes out *after* "Hellow clear world!" Can >anyone else? > >I am not sure if I have not made a mess of TSO's unformatted screen >management. I wonder if TSO's "time to clear the screen" line count may be >thrown off. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
