Dave, Correct me if I am wrong, but ISPF is considered a 3270 screen session and not a GUI like you would find in WEB type applications. Being that it is 3270 it is more static display (you have to hit enter to get a refresh) than a GUI.
Lizette > > ISPF panels display a static image as of the moment in time they were captured. > Nothing on the panel is 'refreshed' until the next time you press an interrupt key (such > as ENTER). This means if you display the time you will see the HH:MM:SS at the > moment the image was captured. If the panel is not refreshed, then one minute later > the time displayed will be incorrect by 1 minute (and so on). > > The only way you could get the time to keep refreshing is if you keep pressing an > interrupt key to manually keep refreshing the panel, or display the panel in LOCK mode > (so it automatically keeps refreshing itself). But if the panel is displayed in LOCK mode > this means a user can't enter any data; i.e. the entire mainframe session is locked. I > doubt this is what you want, so in short, you're stuck with it working the way you > already have it. > > Dave Salt > > Hi dinosaurs > > > > I have written a REXX program with a panel. > > > > This panel has been decorated with fields HH:MM:SS among many others. > > > > I want the seconds field to display the current 'Seconds'. It does this, > > but I have to keep pressing the 'Enter' key. > > > > This field should be increased similar to that of a counter. > > > > Any member who has written a similar rexx program and can be shared will > > be appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
