Sending a small map within a map

rs_naveen · New User Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

I want to throw a small help map to the existing screen so that the contents are not overlapping as well as the previous screen is not completely erased.How can i achieve this?.When i tried erase with send help map,the previous screen is erased.when i am not giving erase.the fields in the previous map is overlapping with the help map.

arvind_es · New User Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 4

Hi Naveen,

You can throw a screen ( something like a popup ) by sending two maps.
EXEC CICS SEND MAP1
END-EXEC.
EXEC CICS SEND MAP2
END-EXEC.
EXEC CICS RETURN
END-EXEC.

( I have not given with the complete syntax for the cics commands. )
For the fields which is overlapped by the second map , corresponding fields with initial value spaces need to be defined in the physical map.

Thanks
Arvind R

rs_naveen · New User Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

hi,

Thank you for the reply. Is there any alternate way of doing it?

Naveen

prakash271082 · New User Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 53

Hi,
You could trap the Cursor position by using the EIBCURPOS as once the user tries to enter value for that particular field, the cursor will have to be placed in that position, now when the cursor reaches that appropriate position just execute SEND MAP( Help Map ) Command without ERASE option in it.
Hope this helps.