To set up libraries for developing and testing dialogs, follow
these steps:
- Set up the panel, message, skeleton, table, and program libraries
for the application. Allocate new partitioned data sets.
- Create a CLIST or REXX command procedure that contains the necessary
ALLOCATE statements to allocate the libraries. Concatenate the application
libraries ahead of the libraries required by ISPF, as described in Library concatenation.
Note: You can use the LIBDEF service
to dynamically allocate libraries instead of allocating them before
invoking ISPF. For more information see the
z/OS V2R2 ISPF Services Guide.
- Create the panels, messages, and skeletons by editing directly
into the application libraries.
- Create the dialog functions and ensure that the load modules are
in libraries accessible to ISPF.
Functions coded as program modules must be
link-edited. When a function is link-edited, the ISPLINK subroutine
must be included (explicitly or by automatic call) in the load module.
ISPLINK is distributed in load module format and can be placed in
a system library for automatic call during link-edit.
- Invoke the application. To do this, add an ISPSTART command to
the command procedure created in step 2. The ISPSTART command should
start the application using the appropriate PANEL, CMD, or PGM parameter.
Users can start the application by using this command procedure or
by selecting the application from the master menu or another menu.