PSEUDO

PSEUDO turns the pseudo-conversational mode on or off.

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Operands

ON
enables automatic pseudo-conversational support so that when one the following conditions is encountered in the current exec, instead of a conversational terminal read occurring immediately, an EXEC CICS® RETURN TRANSID is used to suspend the exec until terminal input occurs, and then the terminal read occurs:
  • REXX PULL instruction
  • REXX/CICS WAITREAD command
  • PANEL RECEIVE command
  • screen is full and MORE appears in the lower right corner of the screen (implicit READ, waiting for screen to be cleared)
OFF
disables (turns off) automatic pseudo-conversational support.

Return codes

0
Normal return
2502
Invalid operand
2521
Operand not specified

Example

'PSEUDO ON'

This example turns the pseudo-conversational mode on.

Note: The PSEUDO ON/OFF setting is temporary. The pseudo setting exists while the current exec is executing. Any nested execs inherit the current setting of PSEUDO. When the current exec ends, the value of pseudo upon entry to the exec will be restored. The SETSYS PSEUDO command defines the systems default setting of PSEUDO.
CAUTION:
PSEUDO ON causes your REXX exec to immediately become pseudo-conversational, which will cause CICS to commit any file changes, and free any non-shared GETMAINed areas, at the next pseudo-conversational terminal read.