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Disabling a window

UNMAP is used to disable a window. The user can define what the contents of the pages of the (disabled) window should be after the execution of the UNMAP function. The window pages can be either initialized with X'00' or set to appear to the user as they were before UNMAP.

List of the most important macro operands for closing windows

Operand

Operand values

Meaning

FCT

*UNMAP

Disables windows

SPID


Specifies the address space in which the window is located.

AREA


Specifies the starting address of the window that lies in the address space defined by SPID.

DISPOS


Specifies the state in which the pages of the (disabled) window should remain.

*FRESH

The window pages are initialized (X' 00' ).

*UNCHNG

As far as the program is concerned, the windows retain their original contents prior to UNMAP.