SCREEN BEGIN_UPDATE

SCREEN BEGIN_UPDATE will batch window alterations together.  All characters and lines which will be placed in the window_id will not be displayed on the user’s terminal screen until the SCREEN END_UPDATE command is issued.

SYNTAX

SCREEN BEGIN_UPDATE /USING/ window_id

window_id

is an integer system field, Global Storage (GS) Field, or user-defined field that contains the window_id assigned to the window to be altered.

EXAMPLE

SCREEN BEGIN_UPDATE MAIN_ID

 SEE ALSO: SCREEN END_UPDATE (later in this section).

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