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Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:49 pm
by vinni123
HI all I am a COBOL developer, and I've got a new terminal (QWS3270) yesterday. I have a problem: I cannot highlight a COBOL program or JCL in the TSO. I type command "HICOBOL" OR HI JCL , in the command line, but instead of getting the next screen with highlight options, I am getting the error message "Invalid terminal" in the upper right corner. If I press PF1 (Help) key then, I have further explanation which says: "Enhanced coloring is not available on this terminal because the terminal does not support extended highlighting." Can you suggest anything to fix this? ALSO i have tried to use HILITE command but its showing the same error message above . Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Re: Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:52 pm
by Akatsukami
Have you contacted Jolly Giant for support?

Re: Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:02 pm
by vinni123
Thanks Akatsukami ... do u know about any setting we need to be perticular about .

Re: Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:08 pm
by prino
vinni123 wrote:... which says: "Enhanced coloring is not available on this terminal because the terminal does not support extended highlighting." ...

So what kind of terminal do you see in ISPF option 0? Including this info would have been the first thing to do...

Re: Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:35 pm
by Robert Sample
If your terminal emulator is not using extended Telnet then highlighting wouldn't be available since it relies upon extended Telnet attributes. This is not a mainframe issue. It is an issue with the setup and configuration of your terminal emulation software.

Re: Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:38 am
by vinni123
Hi Robert sample ,
Thanks a lot for the help in this issue .
I had selected the Terminal Type -as Extended terminal and i am able to do the Hilite for cobol , jcl .
Thanks all for the help .

Re: Problem with highlighting a COBOL , JCL Program

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:35 pm
by Robert Sample
Glad to hear you got it resolved.