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Syntax of Selected ADDRESS EPI Words
The following describes the syntax of selected EPI words.
- The following syntax is the name of the virtual terminal:
termname
The termname can exist in one of the following three different forms:
- A single character * representing the current virtual terminal defined with the SETTERM command.
- The name of the virtual terminal as defined to VTAM (the name from the APPL statement in the VTAM definition list.); this name can be from one to eight characters long
- The name assigned by the SETUNAME command
- The following syntax is the screen row number:
Row
The top row is row 1. Operator information area (OIA) is row 0 (even though it is physically on the bottom of the screen).
- The following syntax is the screen column number.
Col
The leftmost column of any screen row is col 1.
- The following syntax is the length of the data to be displayed:
Length
- The following syntax indicates that the string is either ON or OFF:
ON|OFF
Any string starting with Y (that is, YES) is the same as ON. Any string starting with N (that is, NO) is the same as OFF.
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