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The MODIFY Verb

Statements for Automatic Panel Definition

Statement

Description

MODIFY MAP

AUTOPANEL

Modifies a map occurrence in the data dictionary and/or establishes currency for subsequent MFLD statements. The related panel occurrence is updated only if the panel occurrence has not been used to generate additional map occurrences.

The map occurrence must be respecified in its entirety; no previously defined specifications are retained since MODIFY MAP AUTOPANEL functions as implicit DELETE and ADD operations.

MODIFY MFLD

Modifies a map field occurrence and its related panel field occurrence in the data dictionary.

The map field occurrence must be respecified in its entirety; no previously defined specifications are retained since MODIFY MFLD (for MAP AUTOPANEL) functions as implicit DELETE and ADD operations.

Statements for Manual Panel Definition

Statement

Description

MODIFY PANEL

Modifies a panel occurrence in the data dictionary and/or establishes panel currency for subsequent PFLD statements.

Any existing specifications, except for a DEVICES specification, can be modified. Previously omitted specifications can be added.

MODIFY PFLD

Modifies a panel field occurrence in the data dictionary.

Previously omitted specifications can be added; however, a new FOR specification can be added only if the newly specified device is already defined in the DEVICES clause in the owner PANEL statement.

MODIFY MAP

Modifies a map occurrence in the data dictionary and/or establishes map currency for subsequent MFLD statements.

Any existing specification can be modified. Previously omitted specifications can be added; however, a new ORIGIN FOR specification cannot be added unless the newly specified device is already defined in the DEVICES clause of the owner panel statement.

A modified USING RECORDS clause must rename all previously named records in the order in which they were originally named, followed by new record specifications.

MODIFY MFLD

Modifies a map field occurrence in the data dictionary.

Any existing specification can be modified. Previously omitted specifications can be added.