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Debug Status Line

The debug status line looks like this:

Most fields on the debug status line contain two-character hexadecimal numbers.

Related fields are separated by periods. For example, the string 01.00.00.20.0099.5000 near the beginning of the example status line shows six fields that contain information relating to host field attributes. Unrelated fields are separated by spaces.

If Reflection is in Plus CR mode and an error occurs, characters in positions 9-31 on the debug status line are replaced by magenta characters that provide information about the error condition. These characters are important to Rocket Software Technical Support.

Code Description
X Input inhibit. If the "X" is present, the system cannot process keyboard input.
<char> These characters indicate the mode of the session:
d, c, or a indicates the session is in Plus CR mode
D indicates the session is in Data processing mode
W indicates the session is in Word processing (text assist) mode
U indicates the session mode is Undefined
hex number Pending read command. Identifies the datastream read command sent by the host.
hex number Field count. The total number of fields on the current screen.
hex number Field number. The number of the field under the cursor (if consecutive fields in a continued entry field are counted as multiple fields).
hex number Base field memory. The number of the field under the cursor (if consecutive fields in a continued entry field are counted as a single field).
hex number Field modification. The number of times the field under the cursor has been modified.
hex number Field display attribute. The host-defined display attribute for the field under the cursor.
hex number Field length. The number of characters in the field under the cursor.
hex number Field format word. The field attribute for the field under the cursor.
<character> The character sent by the host, enclosed in quotes.
hex number Host data. The EBCDIC value for the character under the cursor.
hex number Display data. The ANSI value of the character under the cursor.
hex number Display format. The line type and font value for the character under the cursor.
hex number Display attribute. The display attribute for the character as shown.
hex number Display color. The color attribute for the character as shown.
hex number ECB attribute. The extended character buffer attribute for the character under the cursor.
hex number ECB color. The color specified by the extended character buffer for the character under the cursor.
hex number ECB video. The video graphic value specified by the extended character buffer for the character under the cursor (not currently used).
hex number Input field memory. Indicates the order in which fields were created. The first field created is field 00.
hex number Field type memory. The first part of this value indicates the position of the character under the cursor within the field; the second part indicates whether the character under the cursor is detectable as a hotspot.
hex number Cursor row. The row under the cursor.
hex number Cursor column. The column under the cursor.
hex number Cursor index. Indicates the cursor location in a single hex value. Numbering starts at the left end of the first row, moves right to the end of the first row, continues at the left of the second row, and so on.
decimal number Cursor row/column. The row, column location of the cursor, represented in decimal.

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