COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Contents

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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29. Terminal Input and Output

Using ACCEPT and DISPLAY With a Terminal 29-2

Guardian Environment 29-2

OSS Environment 29-4

Using a Terminal as a File 29-4

Prompting the Terminal Operator for Input 29-6

Sharing a Terminal 29-7

Terminal Associated With a Command Interpreter 29-8

Terminal Not Associated With a Command Interpreter 29-8

Non-COBOL Modules 29-8

Getting Break Ownership 29-8

Transferring Break Ownership 29-9

Communicating With an Operator or Process 29-10

Writing to a Console 29-11

Writing to a Terminal or Printer 29-12

Reading From a Terminal or Process 29-12

Reading and Writing Numeric Data 29-13

Logging Program Activity Information to a Terminal 29-14

30. Printer and Spooler Output

Using a Printer Directly 30-1

Understanding Spoolers 30-2

Spooler Components 30-2

Jobs 30-4

Using a Spooler 30-7

Spooling Compiler Listings 30-8

Spooling Program Output 30-8

Using PERUSE 30-11

Using SPOOLCOM 30-15

Controlling Vertical Spacing in a Printed Report 30-18

Skipping Lines 30-19

Overprinting Lines 30-19

Skipping to a Printer Control Tape Channel Punch 30-19

Skipping to a New Page 30-20

Formatting Pages of a Printed Report 30-20

Logging Program Activity Information to a Printer 30-22

DISPLAY 30-22

WRITE 30-22