There are two basic ways for users to start the IPCS dialog:
- Start the IPCS dialog directly from ISPF without starting IPCS
in line mode
In this case, the user invokes the IPCS dialog
directly from ISPF, without entering the IPCS command before starting
ISPF.
Requirement
To start IPCS without entering
the IPCS command, you must run IPCS under the terminal monitor program
supplied with TSO/E Version 2.4.
- Start IPCS in line mode before starting ISPF.
In this
case, the user must perform the following steps to start the IPCS
dialog:
- Enter the IPCS command to start IPCS line mode before starting
ISPF.
- Start an ISPF session.
- Invoke the IPCS dialog from ISPF.
This section describes the two methods and compares their relative
advantages and disadvantages.