In a recent note, "Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)" said: > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:39:53 -0500 > > I just created a VB PDS, added a job and submitted it and it ran without > incident. No line numbers anywhere, no need to shift anything to make > room for non-existent line numbers. All is well. Are you using ISPF > edit or TSO edit? > Ummm. "Job". Was your VB command file inline in the job, or referenced by a "//SYSTSIN DD DSN=" statement? If the former, was the job submitted with the ISPF "SUBMIT" command. I believe ISPF SUBMIT converts everything to FB 80.
You can easily check this: include in your command file some commands that extend beyond column 80 (one of the OP's requirements), and verify that all columns (1-8 and 81-*) are interpreted properly as part of the command. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html