DCL script question

[travs69]

I have a script that is used to set the Decterm window name. I have no clue what it is doing a certain part.
OCS[0,8] = 157
ST[0,8] = 156

It uses these values during the output but if I try and print them I get nothing so I am assuming they are some kind of control char's??

Thanks in advance

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Travis - Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done Are Usually Interrupted by Someone Else Doing It; Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions;

 

[JHuber]

Yes, these are eight-bit control characters, the equivalent 7 -bit control sequences ar:
The OSC character is the 8-bit equivalent of the "ESC ]" sequence;
the ST character is the 8-bit equivalent of "ESC \".

(To get answers earlier in future, may I suggest to go to the HP ITRC OpenVMS forum at

http://itrc.hp.com

? )

Joseph Huber, Munich, Germany

http://www.huber-joseph.de