[comp.os.vms] UIS Terminal Windows

LEICHTER@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU ("Jerry Leichter ", LEICHTER-JERRY@CS.YALE.EDU) (01/01/88)

	I am running a VAXstation II/GPX uVMS 4.4.

You left out the most important piece of information:  What version of UIS
(VWS) are you running?
						    Does anyone know how to
	obtain the VD_ID and/or WD_ID for the UIS window which is the emulated
	VT220 Terminal for the process?

You can't.  (In versions of UIS earlier than 3.2, there was an undocumented
routine that returned the value, but using the result could completely confuse
the emulator and quickly lead to crashes.  In 3.2, this becomes completely
impossible, since the id's are specific to the "Emulators" process, and have
no meaning in your process.)

				        What I wish to do is change the banner
	for the terminal from "VT220 Terminal" to something useful, and also
	shrink the terminal window to an icon under DCL/program control and
	then expand it again.

Install V3.2 and check the documentation for the description of the terminal
OSC sequences.  Both of these things can be done using these sequences, and
a lot more besides.
							-- Jerry