× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. MIDRANGE-L
  3. June 2021

Re: Resizing prompt fields

I can't say with certainty but I believe this worked on the S/38 even. :-) I do know it worked on the V1R1 of OS/400.

One source of information is to prompt the PARM command and read the help text for the Initial Prompt Length (second to last Parm in Parm.)
That sets the initial length displayed. The default is full length.

With this you'll see that there is an upper limit and not all parameters can be effectively expanded. That is, you can expand them but the acceptable parameter length often is fixed such as 10 for program name or library for example.

- L

On 6/14/2021 3:18 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
Hello Rob,

Am 14.06.2021 um 21:03 schrieb Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>:

Let's go back to command prompting 101. If you type in &, and only &, into that field and press enter it makes it bigger. Thus it would allow a longer file name. You can repeat it, multiple times, to make it even bigger.

Now this is really interesting! Where can I read more about that capability?

:wq! PoC



As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Follow-Ups:
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.