Maximizing a window

When several windows are open, you can maximize one to get a better look at it. You can also set a timed cycle for refreshing the view data.

To expand a window to its maximum size

Perform one of the following actions:

Specify the MAXimize command with the number of the window preceding it (such as W2.MAX ).
Put the number of the window that you want to mazimize in the CURR WIN field and enter MAX on the COMMAND line.

The window that you specify fills the display area.

Note

To see other views, you can scroll through each one in sequence by entering NEXt or PREVious on the COMMAND line.

To return all of the windows that you created to the display area, enter RESTore on the COMMAND line.

Enter the MAXimize command, as described in Step step 1 of the preceding procedure.
Enter the NEXt or PREVious command as follows:
- To scroll forward through each view in a timed, data refresh cycle, type NEXtnnn, where nnn is the number of seconds from 3 through 999.
- To scroll backward through each view in a timed, data refresh cycle, type PREVnnn, where nnn is the number of seconds from 3 through 999.
Example
Assume that you have four windows open with a view displayed in each one, and you have maximized one of the views. If you enter PREV 15, the data in each view is displayed and refreshed every 15 seconds; this process starts with the view in the maximized window where you entered PREV 15 and scrolls backward through all four views in a 15-second, data-refresh cycle.
Note
To cancel the data refresh cycle, use the attention interrupt key:
- For SNA terminals, use the ATTN key.
- For non-SNA terminals, use the PA1 key.
On some keyboards, you must press the RESet key to unlock the attention interrupt key. IBM defines the attention interrupt procedure, and MainView uses the keys that are assigned by this procedure. TSO uses the same keys.