Window layout

Figure 1 explains the areas of an HCD dialog window. These areas appear in the same position on every window unless you use ISPF to change the position of the command line. Not all areas are included on all dialogs.

Figure 1. Example of a window layout

  Goto  Filter  Backup  Query  Help                                            1 
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                             I/O Device List       Row 1 of 14   More:       > 2 
Command ===> ___________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE

Select one or more devices, then press Enter. To add, use F11.                 3 

  ----------Device------ --#--- --------Control Unit Numbers + --------
/ Number   Type +        CSS OS 1--- 2--- 3--- 4--- 5--- 6--- 7--- 8---
_ 0001     3278-3        3   2  00E1 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 0002     3279-2        3   4  0097 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 0098     9033          2      0098 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 0099     9032          2      0099 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____           4 
_ 00C1     3480          2   1  00C1 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 01D1     3390          2   1  00D1 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 01D2     3390          2      00D1 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 01D3     3390          2      00D1 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
_ 01D4     3390          2   1  00D1 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
# FFFC     CFS                  FFFE ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
# FFFD     CFS                  FFFE ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
# FFFE     CFS                  FFFE ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
# FFFF     CFS                  FFFE ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
 F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=Prompt    F5=Reset     F7=Backward
 F8=Forward   F9=Swap     F10=Actions  F11=Add      F12=Cancel   F13=Instruct
F20=Right    F22=Command

1

Action bar.

HCD provides an action bar-driven interface. You can select any of the action bar choices and display pull-down choices. Use F10=Actions to move the cursor to the action bar.

2

Title Line.

Shows the window title.
Displays window identifiers, if you have asked for them.
Displays positional information for the work area:
Row 1 of 3302 specifies that the first row of data that is displayed in the work area is the first row of 3302 available rows.

More: > specifies that more data can be seen by moving the work area to the right using F20=Right. This can also be More: <, which means moving is possible to the left, or More: < >, which means moving is possible to the left and right.

Instead of Row 1 of 3302, Filter Mode would be shown if the action list is filtered. For additional information, refer to Filtering.

3

Instruction Area.

Tells you how to proceed on the dialog window. On action lists (see Action lists) you can get more instruction information by pressing the F13=Instruct key or by using the INSTRUCT command.

4

Work Area.

You can use the following facilities to control the work area:

The Filter action reduces the number of objects in an object list; this is described further in Filtering.
The F7=Backward and F8=Forward keys scroll the work area backward and forward. The end of the information is indicated by a line containing - end - or BOTTOM OF DATA.
The F19=Left and F20=Right keys move the work area of an action list left and right (or RIGHT and LEFT command).
The LOCATE command scrolls an object list so that a specific object (or the nearest lower match) is at the top of the work area. Search criteria is the object identifier shown in the leftmost data column.
The TOP command scrolls backward to the top of the work area.
The BOTTOM command scrolls forward to the bottom of the work area.

Figure 2 shows the areas of a data entry dialog.

Figure 2. Layout of a data entry dialog

              Add Channel Path 
                                                                       
                                                                       
 Specify or revise the following values.                               
                                                                       
 Processor ID . . . . : GA2                                            
 Configuration mode . : LPAR                                           
 Channel Subsystem ID : 0                                              
                                                                       
 Channel path ID  . . . . __    +            Channel ID . . . ___      
 Number of CHPIDs . . . . 1                                            
 Channel path type  . . . ___   +                                      
 Operation mode . . . . . DED   +                                      
 Managed  . . . . . . . . No   (Yes or No)   I/O Cluster ________  +   
 Description  . . . . . . ________________________________             
                                                                       
 Specify the following values only if connected to a switch:           
 Dynamic switch ID  . . . __  + (00 - FF)                              
 Entry switch ID  . . . . __  +                                        
 Entry port . . . . . . . __  +                                        
 F1=Help  F2=Split  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F5=Reset  F9=Swap              
 F12=Cancel

This panel has the following characteristics:

The position and length of empty entry fields are shown by underscore characters ( _ ) and highlighting. If an entry field contains an entry, the underscore characters are not shown.
Fields that you cannot change are preceded by a colon ( : ).
Fields that you must complete may (depending on the terminal) be highlighted by a different color.
Input fields with a plus sign (+) indicate that you can prompt information for this field using F4=Prompt. For more information on the prompt facility, refer to Promptable fields.