On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:17:01 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>None of those will do what the OP asked for, although there are nonstandard 
>3270 simulators that will allow him to fake it.
> 
Actually,  no, because ISPF conceals from the emulator the number of
characters counted by the RDW

>________________________________________
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Mike Schwab
>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:20 PM
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.f54em00/nulls.htm
>ISPF edit option NULLS.  Choose your poison as needed.
>NULLS OFF - end of field filled with blanks.
>NULLS ALL - end of field filled with nulls.
>NULLS STD - end of field gets 1 blank and the rest nulls.
>
Alas, it lacks:
 NULLS ??? End of field gets blanks counted by RDW and the rest nulls.
           (Blanks should be treated no different from any other valid 
characters;
           stripped neither on output nor on input.)

>On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:04 AM Seymour J Metz wrote:
>>
>> > No, I asked about adding a blank at the end of a line
>>
>> If you type a blank at the end of a line filled with nulls then on a 3270 or 
>> compliant 3270 simulator the nulls will not be read and ISPF will not be 
>> able to determine that the blank was at the end of the line.
>>
>> > No, if I do that now, Read Modified returns that blank to the host.
>>
>> On a 3270 it does not return the nulls preceding the blank.
>>
And here, we've been in tediously intense agreement:
    
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_5.1.0/com.ibm.cics.ts.applicationprogramming.doc/topics/dfhp3c6.html

-- gil

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