Please show your code. In particular, what is TERMPUT=? The term "unprintable" is vague; it depends on the particular character set and translation table.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Joseph Reichman [reichman...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 11:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: PUTLINE MULTLIN doesn't make a new line Hi I have a couple of PUTLINE questions first does the MULTLIN,DATA parms When the format is in the way described in TSO/E services guide I mean forward chain point length (which includes 4 bytes for the len + offset ) do a new line break I went so fat as copy the example in the book (z/os 2.5 page 221 ) the two data lines appear on the same line second if I have unprintable characters in my message do I have to translate it my self (to wipe out the non-printable) or is there some way putline will do it for me Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN