RE: RSTDSP NOT WORKING

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graham Smith wrote:

>there have historically been problems with RSTDSP especially when playing
>around with prompt window type code via separate programs.
>IIRC RSTDSP only seems to work once off and then needs a new write/exfmt of
>the underlying display file to avoid a black screen when you display the
>next window.

I have found all the "problems" here were a result of a mis-understanding of
how OVERLAY, PUTOVR, OVRDTA, ASSUME, KEEP, ERRMSG and RSTDSP work together.


Ron, are any of these keywords in effect besides RSTDSP in your situation?

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"Nothing is so firmly believed as
 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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