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kingo · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: Panel link

Hi,

This is quite stupid question but please help me.I have created some five different panels.I am trying to link them to one singl panel.How to do that?

Thanks,
Kingo
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:51 am Post subject:

If you mean something like you enter an option and it immediately sends you to another panel with no intervening logic then the best place to look is the code for your primary option menu (POM). For example the code to display the utilities menu (option 3) is:

kingo · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:57 am Post subject:

Nic,

I need some manuals which are from the scratch?
Can you please help me on this?

Regds,
Kingo
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kingo · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:02 am Post subject:

I tried it but its not working

Regds,
Kingo
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kingo · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:04 am Post subject:

I have created some five panels.
Now I have created one more panel as a menu application.Now if i press one number it should call that appropriate panel.
But its not doing that.
Hope you got my requirement.

Regds,
Kingo
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kolusu · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:04 am Post subject:

Nic Clouston · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

Here is a sample primary option panel
[code:1:f51ef75304]
)Panel
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* */
/* Application : Sample Menuing for Kingo */
/* */
/* Function : Primary Menu */
/* */
/* Panel Name : POM */
/* */
/* Panel Function: Provide entry point to sub-panels */
/* */
/* Created : May 2007 by Nic Clouston */
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Modified: Mmmmmmmmm 20yy by Nnnnnnnnnnnn */
/* Reason: _______________________________________________________ */
/* */
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
)ATTR
{ TYPE(TEXT) HILITE(REVERSE)
# TYPE(TEXT) COLOR(TURQ)
@ TYPE(TEXT) COLOR(green) HILITE(REVERSE)

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semigeezer · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject:

also make sure you are displaying it with SELECT PANEL() and not DISPLAY PANEL(). The behave very differently

kingo · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

So Nic should panlel1,panel2,panel3,panel4 and panel5 should be there in the same library??

Regds,
Kingo
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 1:18 am Post subject:

no - but they should be as they seem to be related but yhey could be in any panels library that is allocated to your ISPF session - you know - the old LIBDEF you had to do when you were creating you first panel a couple of weeks ago. Basically, apart from application datasets that you browse, edit, create, delete etc via ISPF, EVERY datasets has to be allocated to your ISPF session. That is a sweeping generalisation but consider - if it is not allocated - how is ISPF to know where to look? You may need to do some background reading on ISPF datasets (ISPPLIB, ISPSLIB etc)
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kingo · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 4:35 am Post subject:

Actually I am calling that menu panel using REXX so is there any way to link the other five panels into my main panel in this issue?

Regds,
Kingo
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:20 am Post subject:

just put all your panels into one library. Get your rexx exec to pull up your menu panel and ISPF will do the rest, linking to the other panels. Rexx does not need to know about them. They will call a rexx exec to do the processing behind them.

But, if you need to call rexx before you call the next panel:

kingo · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:47 am Post subject:

3,'cmd(%opt3exec)'

I tried this but its not working Sad

Regds,
Kingo
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:53 am Post subject:

you did change it to your exec name did you? and your exec is available? If 'yes' then what error message did it throw up?
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kingo · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

Yes I did.The thing is I am not getting either any error message or any panel.
If I try to give that subpanel alone in rexx its working.I am not able to call that from the menu selection.

Regds,
Kingo
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