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Types of Panels

CA Datacom Datadictionary uses the CA IPC to simplify management of panels, screen data, and commands. Various other CA products also use the CA IPC. This allows multiple CA products to run concurrently at the same terminal and provide a set of services that are common to those products. These services include:

• Usage authorization (SIGNON/SIGNOFF)
• Driving of menus and other panels
• Program function key (PF) analysis
• Support for multiple commands in the same line of commands
• Multiple lines of commands
• HELP functions
• Processing of error or informative messages
• Support of asynchronous tasks
• Debugging facilities

Following is the arrangement of a typical CA Datacom Datadictionary screen layout.

  =>    command area
  =>
  =>
  message line
  ----------------------------separator line--------------------------------
  status line


 
                               display area              

The organization of the CA Datacom Datadictionary screen is:

command area

The top lines of the screen, each with a line indicator symbol (=>), where you can enter commands.

CA Datacom Datadictionary is installed with a default of three lines. You can modify the number of lines available in the command area with the SET CMD LIN n command, where n is the number of lines in the command area from 5 to 0. If you set the number of command lines to 0, you must use the function keys and menu selections to move from panel to panel and to perform CA Datacom Datadictionary functions. For more information about entering commands, see Using Command Processing.

message line

The area where messages are displayed. If you set the command area to 0, the message line is at the top of the panel.

separator line

The line of dashes below the command area that separates the command area from the display area. You can change the dashes to another character with the SET CMD SEP c command, where c is the character.

status line

The line that describes the contents of the display area. This line consists of either the name of the selected mode or the function selected on a main menu of a processing mode.

display area

A portion of the screen that contains varying information depending on the type of panel. The types of panels used in CA Datacom Datadictionary are:

• Menu panels
• Prompter panels
• Display panels
• Maintenance panels

Processing is accomplished by entering the requested data on the panel and then using a command, the Enter key, or both as required by the panel, to transmit the entries to CA Datacom Datadictionary. Some commands can be transmitted by pressing program function (PF) keys.

When processing is completed for one panel, CA Datacom Datadictionary either displays a message on the current panel or displays the next logical panel, according to the outcome of processing. If an error is encountered during processing, CA Datacom Datadictionary displays an error message.