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I use TSO to write a lot of sas code which I store in a PDS. The members of my PDS are 80 characters as is my screen display. But I can only see 72 columns of my member on the screen(instead of the full 80). This is because the first 8 characters on my screen are used for column numbering (6 spaces) and two blanks.

I apologize if this isn't making any sense, but my question is; is there a way to change my display settings to something wider so I could see the entire 80 character wide member on my screen without scrolling left or right?

Hello,

Talk to your system support people and ask if your system supports the emulation of a wider screen (3270 mod5 iirc). I believe this supported a width of 132.

Suggest you might write your code so that it fits on the current 24x80 screen without scrolling left/right. . .

If you can change your screen size to 27x132, then also go to ISPF option 0 (zero) for Settings. Scroll down to Terminal Characteristics and be sure Screen Format options 1 or 3 are chosen so you can see more data. Option 1 fluctuates based on the data and option 3 always stays in wide mode.

Bill Dennis wrote:If you can change your screen size to 27x132,

Not sure how to "...change your screen size to 27x132..."?

Bill Dennis wrote:then also go to ISPF option 0 (zero) for Settings. Scroll down to Terminal Characteristics and be sure Screen Format options 1 or 3 are chosen so you can see more data. Option 1 fluctuates based on the data and option 3 always stays in wide mode.

My screen format option is set to 1 (data) under terminal characteristics. My display is still 80 characters. Thanks for the help, any more ideas?

Hello,

any more ideas?

What did the system support people say?

Laine wrote: My screen format option is set to 1 (data) under terminal characteristics. My display is still 80 characters.

When in EDIT, set NUM OFF and see if cols 73-80 appear. ISPF hides them when in number mode.

If you browse something wide, like SDSF "LOG", do you see more than 80 cols there?