Using a Screen Format Definition

You can use a screen format (SCRNFMT) definition to specify attributes for the command facility panel and a default value for the color of messages. To activate the screen format definition, use the NetView® DEFAULTS and OVERRIDE commands. Refer to NetView online help for details on how to use DEFAULTS and OVERRIDE. A short description of each option that can be specified in a screen format definition is listed under Screen Format Definition Statements.

1. Color and highlighting must be supported by your hardware and emulator. In addition, you must log on to NetView with a query-type logmode.
2. When you replace an active screen format definition with a new screen format definition, all definition statements are replaced. Any definition statement that is not specified in the new screen format definition uses the value that is supplied with the NetView program. The values that are supplied with the NetView program for each definition statement are listed in IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS Administration Reference.

   For example, a screen format definition has been activated with the DEFAULTS command. Subsequently, operators activate customized screen format definitions using the OVERRIDE command. The statements that were not specified in an operator's screen format definition use the value that is supplied with the NetView program rather than the value from the screen format definition that was activated with the DEFAULTS command.

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