Previous Topic: ExampleNext Topic: Zoom the Control Panel

The Conference Feature › Conference Participant's Panel › The Participant's Utility Menu

The Participant's Utility Menu

You can access the Utility menu by placing the cursor in the Utility Menu field, located in the upper right-hand corner of the panel, and pressing Enter. The Utility menu box is then displayed in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, as shown in the following:

 Controller: USR1 -
****************************************************************************
                     ISPF/PDF PRIMARY OPTION M *****************************
 OPTION ===>                                   *  Command ===>             *
                                               *                           *
              ENVIRONMENT - ISPF 3.3MVS     TS *  PF1 = Help               *
              DATE - 03/01/03  JULIAN - 03.003 *  PF2 = List Participants  *
                                               *  PF3 = End Utility Menu   *
   0  ISPF PARMS   - Specify terminal and user *  PF4 = Exit Conference    *
   1  BROWSE       - Display source data or ou *  PF5 = Ask Question       *
   2  EDIT         - Create or change source d *  PF6 = Enter Scroll Mode  *
   3  UTILITIES    - Perform utility functions *  PF10 = Request Control   *
   6  COMMAND      - Enter TSO Command, CLIST, *                           *
   7  DIALOG TEST  - Perform dialog testing    *  Enter new ZOOM key:      *
   8  LM UTILITIES - Perform library administr *                           *
   9  SDSF         - System Display and Search *****************************
   I  IBM          - IBM Applications
   P  IPCS         - Interactive Problem Control Summary
   S  SYSTEM       - System Applications
   U  USER         - User Applications
   VA ISMD         - ISMD Applications (Old MA Panel)
*********************** TSO08 MODE=CONF LASTAID=PF3 ************************

From this menu you can perform the following actions by pressing the specified PF key. The PF keys have these functions only when the Utility menu is displayed on your screen.

Key

Function

Description

PF1

HELP

Displays panels of help information.

PF2

List Participants

Displays a list of all users currently participating in the conference.

PF3

End Utility Menu

Removes the utility menu from the panel. You cannot use the utility menu functions until you redisplay the menu.

PF4

Exit Conference

Ends your conference session.

PF5

Ask Question

Displays a panel on which you can enter text to be sent to the conference controller.

PF6

Enter Scroll Mode

Enters scroll mode, in which you can shift the screen display by using PF keys.

PF10

Request Control

Requests control of the conference. Controlling the conference allows you to interact with the application.