Panels (option 7.2)

When you are developing panels, you can use the Panels option (7.2) to test newly created or changed panels and messages without having to build supporting code to display them. Any variables referred to and set during panel processing are written to the current function variable pool.

When you select the Panels option (7.2), the panel in Figure 1 is displayed.

Figure 1. Display panel (ISPYP1)

   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
  ┌───────────────────── Dialog Test ─────────────────────┐ ───────────────────
  │   Menu  Save  Utilities  Help                         │
  │ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────  │
  │                    Display Panel                      │ er ID . : USERID
  │                                                       │ me. . . : 17:23
  │ Panel name  . . . . . . .                             │ rminal. : 3278
  │ Message id  . . . . . . .              (Optional)     │ reen. . : 1
  │ Cursor field  . . . . . .              (Optional)     │ nguage. : ENGLISH
  │ Cursor position . . . . .              (Optional)     │ pl ID . : ISR
  │ Message pop-up field  . .              (Optional)     │ O logon : ISPF
  │                                                       │ O prefix: USERID
  │ Enter "/" to select option                            │ stem ID : MVS8
  │    Display in window                                  │ S acct. : IBMGSA
  │                                                       │ lease . : ISPF 5.5
  │                                                       │
  │ Command ===>                                          │
  │  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F4=Expand     │
  │  F5=Rfind     F6=Resize    F7=Backward  F8=Forward    │
  └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 Option ===> 7
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel