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Use the Menu Key

The menu key definition for your user ID is shown at the top of the TPX Menu. In the sample TPX Menu shown in the following screen, the menu key is defined as PA1.

               TPX MENU FOR TPXUSER1               Panelid  - TEN0041 
                                                   Terminal - DXAP59B 
Cmdkey=PF12/24    Jump=PA2    Menu=PA1             Model    - 3290-2A 
Print=PF14        Cmdchar= /                       System   - TPXPROD

After you press the menu key, the TPX Menu is displayed. Your session is still active, and any program running in it continues running. Any active sessions are highlighted on the TPX Menu.

If no menu key is defined for your user ID, you can define one either temporarily or permanently.

• Temporarily. Use the /E command, described in Changing Your User Characteristics in the chapter Using Advanced Services.
• Permanently. Use User Self-Maintenance, described in the chapter Performing User Self-Maintenance.

If the Clear key is defined as your menu key, you should always press Enter before pressing Clear. This saves any recent changes on the screen. If you do not press Enter first, you may lose those changes.

You can still use the Clear key's original function (for example, to clear an application screen) by pressing the Clear key twice. The first time you press it, the TPX Menu is displayed; pressing it again returns you to your current application and carries out the Clear function.