Z/OS V1R7.0 ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide Developer
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- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- What's in the z/OS V1R7.0 ISPF library?
- The ISPF User Interface
- Chapter 1. Introduction to ISPF
- Chapter 2. Controlling ISPF Sessions
- Dialog Control and Data Flow
- Processing a Dialog
- Starting a Dialog
- What the SELECT Service Does
- ISPF Test and Trace Modes
- Invoking Authorized Programs
- Invoking TSO Commands
- Compiled REXX Requirements
- CLIST Requirements
- Using APL2
- Subtasking Support
- ESTAE Restrictions
- ISPF Services in Batch Mode
- Command Processors in the TSO Batch Environment
- Batch Display Facility for Background Panel Processing
- Supplying Input in Lieu of Interactive Users
- Supplying Batch Terminal Characteristics
- Message Processing in the Batch Environment
- Command Processing in the Batch Environment
- Display Error Processing in the Batch Environment
- How ISPF Handles Log and List Data Sets in the Batch Environment
- Avoiding Panel Loop Conditions in the Batch Environment
- ISPF Graphical User Interface in Batch Mode
- Chapter 3. Introduction to Writing Dialogs
- Using the Display Services
- Using the Variable Services
- Searching Variable Pools
- SELECT Service and Variable Access
- Function Pools and Dialog Functions
- Command Procedures, Program Functions, and Function Pools
- Use a Variable Service to Create or Delete Defined Variables
- Creating Implicit Variables
- Naming Defined and Implicit Variables
- Sharing Variables among Dialogs
- Saving Variables across ISPF Sessions
- Removing Variables from the Shared or Profile Pool
- Read-Only Profile Pool Extension Variables
- Variables Owned by ISPF
- Variable Formats
- System Variables Communicate between Dialogs and ISPF
- Using VDEFINE, VDELETE, VRESET, VCOPY, VMASK, and VREPLACE
- Using the VGET, VPUT, and VERASE Services
- Summary of Variable Services
- Using the Table Services
- Where Tables Reside
- Accessing Data
- Services That Affect an Entire Table
- Services That Affect Table Rows
- Protecting Table Resources
- Example: Create and Update a Simple Table
- Determining Table Size
- Example: Function Using the DISPLAY, TBGET, and TBADD Services
- Specifying DBCS Search Argument Format for Table Services
- Using the File-Tailoring Services
- Using the PDF Services
- Using the Miscellaneous Services
- Chapter 4. Common User Access (CUA) Guidelines
- Chapter 5. Graphical User Interface (GUI) Guidelines
- Chapter 6. Panel Definition Statement Guide
- Introduction to Panel Definition Sections
- Guidelines for Formatting Panels
- Syntax Rules and Restrictions for Panel Definition
- Special Requirements for Defining Certain Panels
- Defining Menus
- Defining Table Display Panels
- Table Display Vocabulary
- Requirements for Attribute Section
- Requirements for Body Section
- Requirements for Model Section
- Requirements for Initialization Section
- Requirements for Reinitialization Section
- Requirements for Processing Section
- Using Control Variables
- Processing Panels by Using the TBDISPL Service
- Formatting Panels That Contain Dynamic Areas
- Formatting Panels That Contain a Graphic Area
- Using DBCS-Related Variables in Panels
- Using Preprocessed Panels
- Chapter 7. Panel Definition Statement Reference
- Defining Panel Sections
- Defining the Action Bar Choice Section
- Defining the Action Bar Choice Initialization Section
- Defining the Action Bar Choice Processing Section
- Defining the Area Section
- Defining the Attribute Section
- Defining the Body Section
- Defining the CCSID Section
- Defining the END Section
- Defining the FIELD Section
- Defining the HELP Section
- Defining the Initialization Section
- Defining the LIST Section
- Defining the Model Section
- Defining the Panel Section
- Defining the Point-and-Shoot Section
- Defining the Processing Section
- Defining the Reinitialization Section
- Formatting Panel Definition Statements
- Using ISPF Control Variables
- Defining Panel Sections
- Chapter 8. ISPF Help and Tutorial Panels
- Chapter 9. Defining Messages
- Chapter 10. Defining File-Tailoring Skeletons
- Chapter 11. Extended Code Page Support
- Appendix A. Character Translations for APL, TEXT, and Katakana
- Appendix B. ISPTTDEF Specify Translate Table Set
- Appendix C. Diagnostic Tools and Information
- Appendix D. Dialog Variables
- Appendix E. System Variables
- Appendix F. Accessibility
- Notices
- Index
- Readers’ Comments — We'd Like to Hear from You