Opening and closing physical windows

To close a physical window, do one of the following tasks:
  • Type the WINDOW CLOSE command, move the cursor to the physical window you want to close, then press Enter.
  • Enter one of the following commands:
    • WINDOW CLOSE LOG
    • WINDOW CLOSE MONITOR
    • WINDOW CLOSE SOURCE
    • WINDOW CLOSE MEMORY
  • Assign the WINDOW CLOSE command to a PF key. Move the cursor to the physical window you want to close, then press the PF key.

When you close a physical window, the remaining windows occupy the full area of the screen.

To open a physical window, enter one of the following commands:
  • WINDOW OPEN LOG
  • WINDOW OPEN MONITOR
  • WINDOW OPEN SOURCE
  • WINDOW OPEN MEMORY

If you want to monitor the values of selected variables as they change during your z/OS Debugger session, you must display the Monitor window in a physical window. If it is not being displayed in a physical window, open a physical window as described above. The Monitor window occupies the available space according to your selected physical window layout.

If you open a physical window and the contents assigned to it are not available, the physical window is empty.