Screen descriptions in HP Cobol on VMS

Hi,

I was used to describe screen layouts using the SCREEN SECTION or doing
a DISPLAY ... AT ... in a cobol program. In another newsgroup, someone
mentioned that there were much better ways to design and handle a
screen for dialogues.

On AS/400 et al., I'm used to define screens as (DDS) files and handle
them as TRANSACTIONAL files from within cobol. But this is a AS/400 or
Mainframe way, isn't it?

So I'm curious how you define and handle full screen i/o in Cobol on
VMS?

Volker

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> Richard Maher wrote: 
> Richard,
>
> As soon as I started reading about DECForms panel editor and IFDL my brain
> short circuited and I was transported through space and time into another
> zone.  Soon after fear and loathing took over and my dog had to give me
> mouth to mouth to bring me out of it.  Man, that DECForms sh*t can really
> screw with your mind.
>
> Dr. Dweeb - still trembling at the memories
>
> ps: What is "fims" mean in danish ?
>
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