dA> From: dBit AS 
dA> For a specific macro purpose, I would like to modify TSE normal
dA> editing  screen so that for example:
dA> - The menu bar/statusline shows up at screen line 1 as before - Line
dA> 2-3 could be used for "own purposes" - (database column headers) -
dA> Normal editing data starts at screen line 4
     [.....]
    Unless there is something more involved that you haven't explained, why 
can't you just use a regular macro that loads from the command line switch 
and moves the cursor to line 4?  The two database header lines would become 
part of the file you save of course...
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