RE: Display file attributes

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Doug -

I'd like a copy...thanks...

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Display file attributes
> From: "Douglas Handy" <dhandy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 8:22 am
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Note to anyone who cares:
> 
> > PS - I just had another idea.  You can use SETATNPGM to call a small
> > program which would use the DSM apis ...
> 
> I decided to follow up on this idea, and wrote a small program which
> implements it.
> 
> When set as your attn pgm, it will replace each display attribute with
> a @ character.  This will revert all text to normal, but the fields
> remain intact and the cursor will still tab between fields.  If you
> position the cursor anywhere and press Enter, the hex value of that
> position will be shown in the lower right corner of the screen.  Use
> F3 or F12 to resume the original program.
> 
> It should work with vitually any terminal or emulation and screen
> size, as it just uses standard 5250 data streams via the DSM apis.  I
> can email a copy to anyone who is interested.  At  200 lines it is
> maybe too long to just post inline to the list, though most of the
> length is just prototypes.  The actual RPG calcs are about 35 lines,
> excluding comments.
> 
> Doug
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