NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Command Reference Manual

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PAGE The PAGE command clears roll-delete messages in the current OCS window.
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Considerations
The default authority level of this command is 0.
You can enter this command from any NCL procedure, except the INIT NCL
procedure, by using the CMD core statement (but not the INTCMD verb). If you
want to perform a clear function from an NCL procedure, it is recommended that
you use this command, not the CLEAR command.
The operation of this command is similar to the operation of the CLEAR
command, except that the clear function occurs after any previously queued
messages are displayed. The CLEAR command is an expedited command and is
processed ahead of other commands that are queued for output.
In NCL procedures that contain many lines of OCS output, it is better to divide the
output into “pages” and to commence each “page” at the top of the OCS window.
This command allows you to synchronize output with the erasing of the screen.
You can combine this with the PAUSE verb to obtain full control of output
display.
If you use this command when autohold is on, you are prompted with the normal
AUTO HOLD caption before the screen is erased. This ensures any previous
messages have been observed. This makes the PAGE command ideal for
concatenation in timer commands to ensure that the operator is prompted before
the screen is erased.
If you are using multiple windows, only the window from which you enter the
command is cleared. This applies when you have used the SPLIT function key
and have two windows present on your screen.
You can ensure that the full screen is available to display the results of a command
if you concatenate this command with another command.
This command does not clear messages in the NRD message display area. (The
size of the NRD message display area, therefore, can increase as a result of
executing this command, as NRD messages are moved from the roll-delete
message display area to the NRD message display area.)