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Obtaining a scroll area z/OS MVS Programming: Callable Services for High-Level Languages SA23-1377-02 |
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A scroll area is storage that window services provides for your use. This storage is outside your program’s storage area and is accessible only through window services. For a permanent object, a scroll area is optional. A scroll area allows you to make interim changes to a permanent object without altering the object on DASD. Later, if you want, you can update the object on DASD with the interim changes. A scroll area might also improve performance when your program accesses a permanent object. For a temporary object, the scroll area is the object. Therefore, for a temporary object, a scroll area is required. To indicate whether you want a scroll area, provide the appropriate
value for scroll_area:
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