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Map Specifications Screen

The Map Specifications screen, shown below, enables you to specify information about the map associated with a dialog.

Sample Screen

                               Map Specifications

                         Dialog  JPKTD10   Version     1


                                       │
   Map name  . . . .   ________        │    Input map . . . . .   ________
   Version . . . . .   ____            │    Version . . . . . .   ____
                                       │    Label . . . . . . .   ________
   Paging options    _ 1. Wait         │
                       2. No Wait      │    Output map  . . . .   ________
                       3. Return       │    Version . . . . . .   ____
                                       │    Label . . . . . . .   ________
   Paging mode . . . _ Update          │
                     _ Backpage        │    Suspense file label   ________
                     _ Auto display    │
                                       │






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Use the F6 key to turn protection for the left and right side of the screen on and off. For example, press F6 if you want to enter information on the right side of the screen; press it again to protect the information that is displayed.

Batch Considerations

The Map name field on the screen allows you to associate map with the dialog and, by doing this, allows you to specify the environment in which the dialog can be executed, as follows:

• Input map specifies the name of an input file map and indicates that the dialog can be executed only in the batch environment.
• Output map specifies the name of an output file map and indicates that the dialog can be executed only in the batch environment.
• Version specifies the 1- to 4-digit version number of the corresponding map. If no version number is specified, Version defaults to 1.
• Label allows you to specify the z/OS ddname (z/VSE filename) of a batch dialog's input file map or output file map.

  Specifications made in these fields can be overridden at runtime.

• Suspense file label allows you to specify the z/OS ddname (z/VSE filename) of a batch dialog's suspense file.

  Specifications made in this field can be overridden at runtime.

  Runtime labels for an input map and suspense file can be specified only if the dialog is associated with an input file map. A runtime label for an output map can be specified only if the dialog is associated with an output file map.

  Note: When you supply a runtime label for a suspense file, either during dialog definition or at runtime, you implicitly specify that a suspense file is required for the dialog.

A dialog associated with an online map cannot be associated with an input or output file map, and vice versa. A dialog can be associated with both an input and an output file map. A dialog not associated with a map is called a mapless dialog and can be executed in both the batch and online environments.