Re: Which emulator am I running -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Which emulator am I running
From: Holger Scherer <hs@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 23:17:31 +0200
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At least the device type can be retrieved out of job information -> device description.

The question - as you are right - is what to do with it? Find out about capabilities which are not controlled by the display file (80cols vs 132 cols)?

In general, 5250 is a flexible standard with fixed methods of the operating system to handle different capabilities, so where is the use?

-h

Am 20.08.15 um 22:48 schrieb Buck Calabro:

On 8/20/2015 4:33 PM, Michael Smith wrote:

Is there a way to determine which 5250 emulation you are running from within an RPG program?

I spun that one around a bit and am unable to see how it could be
possible.

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