A special window called a task window is created if a remote file is opened by a process run from a MARC session. In most cases, when the process opens the remote file, MARC automatically displays the task window. The current screen disappears, and MARC displays the following message:

Enter ?MARC for task status

If the process writes to the remote file, the messages appear in the task window. If you type and transmit any text in the task window, MARC interprets this as input to the remote file. The only exceptions are the ?MARC command and other Transaction Server commands that are prefixed with question marks.

You can return to the TASKSTATUS screen by entering the ?MARC command. You can return to the task window by entering the TASK command in the Action field of any screen.

If you are on the task window when the process terminates, then MARC returns you to the originating screen. In some cases, MARC prompts you to press the SPCFY key before making this transfer. For information about why this happens, refer to Communicating with MARC Terminals later in this section.

Note that if you submit a WFL job through the START command and the job initiates a task that opens a remote file, you are not automatically transferred to the task window when the remote file is opened. When the task opens the remote file, a message of the following form appears on the TASKSTATUS screen:

<time> <mix number> Remote window <remote window name> OPEN.
  INTNAME = <internal name>. PROGRAM = <object code file title>.

Note the <remote window name> value in this message. You can transfer to the remote window by entering a command of the form:

?ON <remote window name>

You can return to the TASKSTATUS screen by entering the following command:

?ON MARC

The shorter form, ?MARC, is not accepted in this situation.