RE: Window erasing background screen issue with service program

Thanks for the info.
I will keep this in mind.

Paul


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RE: Window erasing background screen issue with service program

Tried the code below.
Found that the system determined that the screen size is *DS3 (80

Columns).

This did not fix my issue.
However. While in green screen debug - I noticed that when the window
pops from within the debug display, the window pops and leaves the
debug screen in the background whether running the program via a
service program call or a direct call from the command

line.

So I think I am chasing ghosts at this point and I am going to leave
this issue alone.
Either it resolves itself or it becomes an issue again and I will

revisit it.

Just a note: when I forced the screen with DSPMOD(*DS4) the window
pops and erases the underlying screen always. So I think, Booth, you
are on to something.

Booth, thanks for the code. I will add it to the tool box.

Paul

I know this is a little late, but I've been busy and I'm just getting caught
up on email.

I have seen this at times when the "background" DSPF is not set to
RSTDSP(*YES). IBM's command entry display is RSTDSP(*NO). If you set up a
quick program to put up a DSPF with RSTDSP(*YES) and then try calling the
pop-up window, see if that works the way you expect.

(NOTE: I don't recall where I originally found that setting RSTDSP(*YES) on
the background DSPF helped. It was many years ago.)

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International
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