I guess it is DEFINE WINDOW that fails because one tries to define a window larger than the physical screen. Inserting CMDCALL in the DEFINE WINDOW command will reveal the error.
2008/4/16, Flores, Laura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for the help. > After coding "CMDCALL" I received the message: > DMSWRD917E No windows are showing virtual screen SCSN1_A > > How could this be, nothing had changed with the Z/VM environment or with > the program code? A co-worker tried the screen on her pc and everything > worked fine. > It turns out I'm using Jolly Giant QWS3270 Plus. My coworker is using > the free version, QWS3270. The user who originally had the problem just > received (Monday) a new pc and had the free version QWS3270 installed. > I checked the session options between the 2 free versions. The terminal > type that needs to be set is IBM-3278-3 (the new one was IBM-3278-2) > then things worked fine. My Plus version never did work correctly. > > Thanks again, > > Laura > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kris Buelens > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RC(4) from VSCREEN WAITREAD > > Code "CMDCALL VSCREEN ...." and you'll get an error message explaining > it all. > > (I bet you run with ADDRESS COMMAND (as it should), what causes > VSCREEN not to issue error messages; by adding CMDCALL you still have > the safety of ADDRESS COMMAND, but you'll get error messages. > > 2008/4/15, Flores, Laura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > We have a REXX exec that executes the following: > > > > "VSCREEN WAITREAD SCSN1_A" > > > > We inserted a TRACE and we're receiving: > > +++ RC(4) +++ > > > > Before the TRACE was added we were receiving: > > 326 +++ do j = 3 to waitread.0 > > 110 +++ call read_vscreen > > DMSREX476E Error 41 running SCSN1_A EXEC, line 326: Bad arithmetic > conversion > > > > This same exec executed last week with no problems and the code hasn't > changed since 2000. > > > > Any ideas what the return code 4 could mean? Could it be related > to the data to be displayed on the screen? > > Laura > > > > -- > Kris Buelens, > IBM Belgium, VM customer support > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
