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Using Different Control Programs

In the simplest case, the Toolkit initial program invokes the Toolkit program Go to menu (YGO) in order to display the appropriate menu. Subsequent processing is then under the control of the menu display program. You may, however, use the Toolkit user access system to invoke a control program other than the Toolkit menu display program. This gives you the capability:

• To use Toolkit user profile extension facilities without having to code your own versions of the Toolkit initial programs
• To invoke additional initialization processing - for instance to set overrides which are to be in effect globally
• To supply parameters to an initial control program
• To use Toolkit user profile extension facilities in conjunction with i OS menu objects

The Toolkit initial program (YINLPGM) will still be used as the initial program for the profile.

The overall sequence of control is shown in the following diagram: