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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
