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Panel Parameter Options

The following SET options determine the initial values of the Panel Parameter fill‑in. These values control Layout editing and establish field attributes as fields are created in the panel. You can also set the session defaults created by the SET PANEL options for individual panels on the Panel Parameter fill‑in.

Input fill character

Establishes the default character that pads the unused portion of an alphanumeric field on input (always zero for numeric field). You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL INFILL
Output fill character

Establishes the default character that fills blank fields when the panel is initially displayed with a TRANSMIT or REFRESH statement or when low values are moved into the field by the application. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL OUTFILL
Non‑display character

Establishes the default character sent to the screen when the transmitted character cannot display. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL NONDISPLAY

CA Ideal supports all standard 327x characters, including A‑Z, a‑z, 0‑9, punctuation characters, arithmetic operators and symbols, national characters, braces, and spaces.

Error fill character

Establishes the default character that marks a field that redisplays after an erroneous entry. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL ERRORFILL
Case translation

Establishes whether the text entered in the field by users at run‑time is converted to uppercase (UPPER) or remains as typed by the user (MIXED). You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL CASE
Error handling

Establishes the default of how an erroneous field entry displays. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL ERRORHANDLING
Allow EOF

Establishes whether the application user can use the Erase EOF key when a minimum or maximum range check is specified for a field. If you press the Erase EOF key when the cursor is positioned in a field, the input fill character is inserted from the cursor position to the end of the field. If inserting the input fill character brings the value outside the range set by the maximum or minimum values, a validation error occurs unless Allow EOF was specified as Yes. You can set this option using the command:

SET PANEL ALLOWEOF
Panel Width

Establishes the default width of all panels created during the session. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL WIDTH
Process appl on scroll

Establishes whether control is passed to the application when you enter a scroll command or press a scroll PF key. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL SCROLL
PF1=HELP, PF3=CLARIFY

Establishes default CA Ideal panel key assignments for PF1 and PF3. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL PF13

Note: The CLARIFY command is assigned to PF3/PF15 only if the Edit rule error procedure is specified as C (for CLARIFY). This does not affect the assignment of PF1/PF13 as HELP.

PF7/8/10/11=SCR ‑//TOP/BOT

Establishes default key assignments for PF7, PF8, PF10, and PF11. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL PF781011
Start field symbol

Establishes the symbol that indicates the beginning of a field on the panel layout. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL STARTSYM
End field symbol

Establishes the symbol that indicates the end of a field on the panel layout. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL ENDSYM
New field symbol

Establishes the symbol that adds a new field. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL NEWSYM
Repeating group symbol

Establishes the symbol that indicates a repeating field. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL REPSYM
Delete field symbol

Establishes the symbol that deletes a field. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL DELSYM
Move field symbol

Establishes the symbol that marks a field to move. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL MOVESYM

The destination is marked with a destination field symbol.

Copy field symbol

Establishes the symbol that marks a field to copy in a new location. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL COPYSYM

The destination is marked with a destination field symbol.

Destination symbol

Establishes the symbol that marks the destination of a move or copy operation. You can also set this option using the command:

SET PANEL DESTSYM