CICS PA uses both long and short messages. Short messages display at the top right, on the same line as the screen title. Long messages are designed to display in a pop-up window. However, long messages of less than the screen width can be customized to display just below or above the command line rather than in a window. If you always want long messages in a pop-up window, enter the ISPF SETTINGS command to display the ISPF Settings screen, then select Long message in pop-up as shown in Figure 1.