ISPEXEC 'SETMSG ...MSGLOC(field)' not positioning message location

[LouPelagalli]

Hi,

With Rexx I'm trying
zedsmsg = 'Short Message'
zedlmsg = 'Long Message'
msgfld = 'SRCDSN'
ADDRESS ISPEXEC 'SETMSG MSG(ISRZ001) MSGLOC(msgfld)'

also tried
zedsmsg = 'Short Message'
zedlmsg = 'Long Message'
ADDRESS ISPEXEC 'SETMSG MSG(ISRZ001) MSGLOC(SRCDSN)'

Field SRCDSN is defined on my Panel using
)INIT
.ZVARS = '(SRCDSN)'
The field SRCDSN is in row 5, column 19.

When Rexx executes the SETMSG command, the message text is correct but the location is always row 1 column 57 - apparently the default location.

What am I missing please?

Thank You In Advance for Your Help,

Lou

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi again,

looks like your ISPF settings are not as you like. inside the setting there is one point like

"Message in popup" (i don't know exact - i'm out of office) and you have to activate this one (you should do in general)

nice day
Heinz