The action taken when you select a data set from a list depends
on how you have the Mode set. All personal lists can be set to either
Retrieve or Execute mode from the RefMode pull-down on the action
bar of the View Entry, Edit Entry, and most Utilities panels, as shown
in Figure 1. List Retrieve displays in blue
(the default) with an asterisk as the first digit of the selection
number (if you are running in GUI mode, the choice is grayed),
which indicates that RefMode is currently set to Retrieve.
Figure 1. RefMode Pull-Down Menu Menu RefList RefMode Utilities Workstation Help
────────────── ┌─────────────────────┐ ───────────────────────────────────────
│ 1 1. List Execute │ ry Panel
│ *. List Retrieve │
ISPF Library: └─────────────────────┘
Project . . . USERID
Group . . . . TEST . . . . . . . . .
Type . . . . SOURCE
Member . . . (Blank or pattern for member selection list)
Other Partitioned, Sequential or VSAM Data Set, or z/OS UNIX file:
Data Set Name . . .
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The RefMode pull-down offers you these choices:
- List Execute
- Sets personal data set lists and personal library lists to Execute
mode; that is, when you select an entry from the list, the information
is placed into the ISPF Library or Other Data Set Name field, and
ISPF proceeds as if you also pressed the Enter key.
- List Retrieve
- Sets personal data set lists and personal library lists to Retrieve
mode; that is, when you select an entry from the list, the information
is placed into the ISPF Library or Other Data Set Name field, but
the simulated pressing of the Enter key is not performed. This allows
you to set other options before you press Enter.