VMS Help RTL Routines, SMG$, SMG$PUT_STATUS_LINE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The Output Line of Text to Hardware Status Line routine outputs a
    line of text to the hardware status line.

    Format

      SMG$PUT_STATUS_LINE  pasteboard-id ,text

1 - Returns

    OpenVMS usage:cond_value
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       write only
    mechanism:    by value

2 - Arguments

 pasteboard-id

    OpenVMS usage:identifier
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by reference

    Specifies the pasteboard containing the hardware status line.
    The pasteboard-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword
    that contains the pasteboard identifier.

 text

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         character string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by descriptor

    The characters to be written to the hardware status line. The
    text argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the
    text.