Access to temporary data objects

When you have access to a temporary data object, you can:

View the object through one or more windows — Depending on the object size and the window size, a single window can view all or part of a temporary object. If you define multiple windows, each window can view a different part of the object. For example, one window might view the first block of the temporary object and another window might view the second block. Unlike a permanent object, however, you cannot define multiple windows that have overlapping views of a temporary object.
Change data that appears in a window — This function is the same for a temporary object as it is for a permanent object: you can examine or change data that is in a window by using the same instructions you use to examine or change any other data in your address space.
Update the temporary object — After you have changed data in a window, you can have window services update the object with those changes. Window services replaces blocks in the object with corresponding changed blocks from the window. The data in the window remains as it was.
Refresh a window or the object — After you change data in a window or save changes in the object, you may discover that you no longer need those changes. In that case, you can have window services refresh the changed data. To refresh the window or the object, window services replaces changed data with binary zeroes.
Replace the view in a window — After you finish using data that is in a window, you can have window services replace the view in the window with a different view of the object. For example, if you are viewing the third, fourth, and fifth blocks of an object and are finished with those blocks, you might have window services replace that view with a view of the sixth, seventh, and eighth blocks.