cobol, 132 column display

132 column display

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Pat Lync #1 / 10	132 column display Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 column mode after the report is complete. Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a swell person.
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Kevin Digwee #2 / 10	132 column display Quote: > Possibly of no great use to you (but someone might be thinking of doing the > same thing, so I'll say it anyway) is the facility on Unix versions of Micro > Focus COBOL of doing this using the "cobterminfo" call. Duh! I meant the "cobtermmode" call. There is no "cobterminfo" call. Apologies, Kev. -- These views are strictly my own. I doubt that anyone else would want them. STUFF FOR SALE: <A HREF="http://www.mfltd.co.uk/~ked">Here!</A>
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Kevin Digwee #3 / 10	132 column display Quote: > Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 > column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen > and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the > mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 > column mode after the report is complete. > Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a > swell person. Possibly of no great use to you (but someone might be thinking of doing the same thing, so I'll say it anyway) is the facility on Unix versions of Micro Focus COBOL of doing this using the "cobterminfo" call. It`s supposed to be called from C, but of course, as Micro Focus COBOL allows you to call any C function easily, that`s not a problem. You need a terminfo entry for your terminal type with a "-w" suffix, I believe, in order for this to work. Cheers, Kev. -- These views are strictly my own. I doubt that anyone else would want them. STUFF FOR SALE: <A HREF="http://www.mfltd.co.uk/~ked">Here!</A>
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Richard Smit #4 / 10	132 column display Quote: > Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 > column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen > and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the > mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 > column mode after the report is complete. > Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a > swell person. I believe you can get a 132 column display using an XGA display. -- Regards, Richard
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Ronald Freiling #5 / 10	132 column display Quote: >Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 >column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen >and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the >mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 >column mode after the report is complete. >Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a >swell person. ISPF panel 0.4 (ISPF Parms/Terminal Characteristics) has a parameter called Screen Format which has three possible settings if you are using a 3278 model 5 type terminal. DATA: Format based on data width STD: 24 lines 80 columns MAX: 27 lines 132 columns I always set mine to DATA which allowed the automatic switch back and forth that you are requesting. However this was an intelligent terminal years ago, not a newer PC based interface.
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Jaime Rezola Clement #6 / 10	132 column display Quote: >Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 >column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen >and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the >mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 >column mode after the report is complete. >Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a >swell person. This is just a suggestion, I do not know if it is possible. There probably is a escape sequence to change 80 to 132 column mode for a PC monitor if you loaded ANSI.SYS at start-up. I am not sure of that, I do not have the table for ANSI codes and I do not know how to do that from COBOL. Anyway, I hope it can be an useful lead.
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 03:00:00 GMT

James S. Huggin #7 / 10	132 column display if you are talking about a dos terminal, you are out of luck. 25 lines by 80 characters. if you are talking about a dos session in windows, you are out of luck. 80 characters max. if you are talking about windows, it is different completely.
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Brady Kel #8 / 10	132 column display Quote: >>Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 >>column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen >>and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the >>mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 >>column mode after the report is complete. >>Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a >>swell person. With a PC, the ability to switch to 132 column display normaly rests with your dispaly adaptor. The software utilities supplied with the card normally include a way to set the display to 132 column mode.
Wed, 03 Feb 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Brady Kel #9 / 10	132 column display Quote: >>Does anyone out there know how to change a pc monitor's display from 80 >>column mode to 132 column mode. I am sending COBOL reports to the screen >>and have some that require 132 columns. I am interested in changing the >>mode right before the report is output and then returning to the 80 >>column mode after the report is complete. >>Any suggestions or information leading to the solution means you are a >>swell person. With a PC, the ability to switch to 132 column display normaly rests with your dispaly adaptor. The software utilities supplied with the card normally include a way to set the display to 132 column mode.
Wed, 03 Feb 1999 03:00:00 GMT

gberg.. #10 / 10	132 column display Quote: >if you are talking about a dos terminal, you are out of luck. 25 lines >by 80 characters. Not necessarily. Some emulators read the current "mode" settings and adjust accordingly. The mode can be set (depending on the VGA adapter) via the DOS MODE command. Most VGA cards come with utilities for setting the various supported VGA modes. There is a free utility that comes with the VPIC shareware package called WHICHVGA. It will tell you what VGA chipset you have (or freeze your system). Then get the utility from the appropriate manufacturer. But first try: MODE CO132 or MODE CO132,43 or some other combination. If the DOS screen gets messed up, restore it to 80 collumns via MODE CO80 The OS/2 MODE command seems to work well for the few systems I've seen. Regards, Gary Advanced Debugging System for CICS CICS Tips & Tricks at: http://www.castle.net/~gbergman
Sat, 06 Feb 1999 03:00:00 GMT

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