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Map Modification Commands

Map modification commands are used to change a map to meet processing requirements of individual dialogs at run time. Single or multiple attributes can be changed globally or on a field-specific basis. Requested map modifications can be designated as temporary or permanent. Temporary changes apply only to the next display of the map. Permanent changes apply as long as the dialog remains operative in the application thread.

Pageable Map Considerations

For a pageable map, the following considerations apply:

• Permanent map modifications to detail area map fields modify only detail occurrences referenced by subsequent PUT DETAIL commands.
• Temporary map modifications to detail area map fields modify only the detail occurrence referenced by the next PUT DETAIL command. If temporary modifications are to apply in subsequent PUT DETAIL commands, the appropriate map modification commands must be repeated.
• Temporary map modifications to header and footer map data fields apply only to the first display of the map following the map modification. Temporary map modifications to fields in a detail occurrence apply only to the first display of that occurrence following map modification.