Keyword: OVERLAY


Description: You use this record-level keyword to specify that the record format that you are defining should appear on the display without the entire display being deleted first.


Status: Supported as of version 2.0.0

Converted to "overlay" and "overlay range" properties.

On the green-screen, record formats that are overlapped will be cleared from the display even if OVERLAY is in effect. To provide consistent behavior, the "overlay range" property is set on conversion to include the original line numbers occupied by the record format so that overlap checks can be done. If the "overlay range" properties are not set on all record formats involved, formats will not be cleared from the display when an output operation is done with OVERLAY in effect.


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