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Define an Icon Panel

When you define an icon panel, you can create a new panel or select a pre-defined panel. A default panel is distributed for your product; however, if you have installed more than one product in your environment, $RMDYNAMIC is your default icon panel.

Note: $RMDYNAMIC is the default icon panel when more than one product is present in a region. It dynamically displays one icon per product found on the region. As such, it is different to other icon panels and should not be edited or regenerated by users. If it is regenerated in error, panel $RMDYNAMICBU is available in the ICOPANL data set to use to recover $RMDYNAMIC.

To define an icon panel

1. Enter /GADMIN.P at the prompt.

   The Icon Panel Definition List panel appears.

2. Do one of the following:
   • Press F4 (Add) to add a new icon panel definition.

     The Icon Panel Generator Initial Help panel appears.

   • Select one of the pre-defined defaults for your product.

     The Icon Panel Generator Initial Help panel appears.

   Note: Pressing F4 (Remove Help Screen) exits and removes permanently the help panel. That is, the help panel does not appear the next time you work on an icon panel definition.

3. When you finish reading the help text, press Enter.

   The Icon Panel Generator panel appears.

   If you selected one of the pre-defined defaults, go to Step 5.

   If you are defining a new icon panel, go to Step 4.

4. Complete the following fields:

   Name

   Specifies the name of the icon panel.

   Description

   Describes the icon panel.

5. Use the function keys to create or edit your panel. The left limit of the icon placement area is column 2, and the top limit of the icon placement area is row 5. The right and bottom limits are dependent on the size of your screen and the width and height of the icon.
6. Press F3 (File).

   The new icon panel is generated.

   Note: If an icon in the panel definition does not have an attached resource group, you cannot generate the new panel. A message is displayed on your screen to this effect. You can either attach any missing resource groups so that you can generate the panel or press F3 (File) again to file the definition without generating the panel.